Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi

[2] In 1776 she married the Venetian patrician Carlo Antonio Marin [it] but they divorced after a couple of years.

Meanwhile, Teotochi moved to Venice where she completed her studies and gained the reputation of a well-educated woman.

In 1796 she was married again, this time to the state inquisitor Giovanni Battista VI Giuseppe Albrizzi [it].

Isabella Albrizzi was the host of a salon which was the literary and artistically center of contemporary Venice.

Among her friends and guests were Ugo Foscolo, Antonio Canova, Lord Byron and Ippolito Pindemonte.

Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun .