Marianna Candidi Dionigi

• Name — Marianna Candidi Dionigi • Born — 3 February 1756 • Birthplace — Rome • Died — 10 June 1826 • Place of death — Lanuvio • Education — Academy of Fine Arts • Spouse — Domenico Dionigi • Children — 7

Dionigi was born to Giuseppe and Maddalena Candidi Scilla, an aristocratic Roman family, in 1756. She was well educated, speaking various languages, and an excellent musician. She also took an interest in both archaeology and painting, studying initially under the landscape painter Carlo Labruzzi, then studying at the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia. • Illustration — Paesaggio by Dionigi • Illustration — Dionigi's book Dionigi wrote a monograph on painting and about her travels through Lazio. The story is told in a series of letters from a 50 year old woman. She describes archaeological sites and each letter was accompanied by a sketch. She describes five towns south of Rome which had been believed to have been founded by the mythological god Saturn. Each of the etchings were detailed and accurate. Moreover Dioigi included plans and elevations and transcribed inscriptions. She was a salon hostess and she was a friend of Vincenzo Monti, Shelley, Antonio Canova, Giacomo Leopardi and the archeologist Jean Baptiste d'Agincourt. As a young woman she married the jurist Domenico Dionigi, a Count of the Lateran Palace and aristocrat from Ferrara. They had seven children. Her drawings and paintings were displayed at the Palazzo della Cancelleria, the Accademia di San Luca, and the Reggia di Caserta. She died in Lanuvio. Dionigi died in 1826 in Lanuvio.

On origins, the institutional record states the following. Dionigi died in 1826 at Lanuvio. It is also recorded that marianna Candidi Dionigi was born in 1756 at Rome.