The couple wished to marry, but were unable to, as Brodett was denied military dispensation due to his liberal affiliation and was forced to leave the army and Spain for Cuba.

After her return to Granada, in 1828 Mariana assisted in Captain Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor's escape from prison by sneaking friar's robes to disguise him.

Reliquiæ mortales Marianæ a Pineda, quam, sæva morte, percussit tyrannus, Granatæ septimo kalendas junii, anni millesimi octogentesimi trigesimi primi.

[2]In 1862 both Juan Antonio Vero Calvo and Isidoro Lozano produced oil paintings of Pineda's final walk to the scaffold (Prado collection).

Another Spanish playwright, José Martín Recuerda, a native of Granada, wrote "Las arrecogías del Beaterio de Santa María Egipciaca" based on the imprisonment of Mariana Pineda.

The play was adapted and translated into English by Robert Lima as "The Inmates of the Convent of St. Mary Egyptian" and premiered on 17 March 1980 with a professional cast at Pennsylvania State University.

After its inclusion in DramaContemporary: Spain (1985), edited by Marion Peter Holt, Martín Recuerda's play was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by the Oxford Theatre Group in 1988.