Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 868
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 868
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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by G. Gaye, ' Carteggio inedito d'artisti dei secoli XIV. XV. XVI .”, Florence 1839-40, II, p. 156; the present transcription is taken from J. Shearman, “ Raphael in early modern sources”, Yale University in association with the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, New Haven and London 2003, pp. 780-81.
Notes: The text is also in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ms Vat. Lat. 8209, Copialettere, beginning at 25 May 1524, c. 42r.
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by G. Gaye, ' Carteggio inedito d'artisti dei secoli XIV. XV. XVI .”, Florence 1839-40, II, p. 156; the present transcription is taken from J. Shearman, “ Raphael in early modern sources”, Yale University in association with the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, New Haven and London 2003, pp. 780-81.
Notes: The text is also in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ms Vat. Lat. 8209, Copialettere, beginning at 25 May 1524, c. 42r.
Baldassarre Castiglione, in Rome, writes to Federico Gonzaga about the Sala di Costantino, which 'è reuscita molto bella'.
Artist(s): RaphaelDates: 5.9.1524
[...] Io non manco de far' ogni instantia a Giulio depintore perché el venga meco a Mantua, e spero ogni modo di condurlo, perché lui ne ha grandissimo desiderio; e non aspetta altro che esser’ satisfatto della sala
depinta del Papa, la quale è reuscita molto bella. [...]
