Cesare Mariani [SEP] place of death
Cesare Mariani
Cesare Mariani (January 13, 1826 – February 21, 1901) was an Italian painter and architect of the late-19th century, active in Rome and Ascoli Piceno.
Early life and training.
He was born in Rome to Pietro and Maria Agnelletti; his father worked for the Giustiniani family. This helped him access in 1837 to studies at the Accademia San Luca of Rome. His first masters were a painter by the name of Delicati and G. Silvagni, who taught design at the academy. He entered
in the dome.
In 1868, he became a member of the Artistic Commission for Roman Copperplate Engraving. After the death of Cesare Fracassini, Mariani, along with Francesco Grandi, and Coghetti, were asked to complete the fresco decoration of the newly rebuilt Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. He painted a "Martyrdom" and "Burial of St Stephen", both destroyed during the bombing of 1943 (the "Martyrdom" was reproduced in 1920 by G. Fantoni of Gemona on the vault of the parish of San