Cesare Mariani was an Italian artist and architect of the late 19th century, who worked in Rome and Ascoli Piceno.

He was born on January 13, 1826 in Rome, and died on February 21, 1901. He graduated from the Roman Academy of St. Luke.

Some facts from his biography:

One of Mariani’s works was presented at the World Exhibition in London in 1851.
The artist’s work was influenced by the works of Ingres and the Nazarene movement, as well as Francesco Hayes’s interest in genre painting.

Mariani painted pictures and was involved in church painting.
He was a member of the Academies of Fine Arts in many cities in Italy.
From 1888 to 1890 he served as rector of the Academy of St. Luke.

Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (1870), the Order of the Crown of Italy (1871), the Order of the Rose (Brazil, 1872).
Some of the artist’s works:

“Martyrdom” and “Burial of St. Stephen”;

a portrait of the Japanese martyrs crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki, for the church of San Antonio di Padova on Via Merulana;

frescoes for the chapel of the Madonna in San Salvatore in Honda and the ceiling of Sant’Omobono;

a triptych depicting the Virgin Mary enthroned with Saints Francis and Anne for the Savini Chapel, and decorated the city palace of the same family.