He was born in
Prato. Early in his career, he painted frescoes, including one depicting
Zeus in Olympus, for the Esterhazy Palace in
Vienna. He developed an anachronistic style that imitated
quattrocento painters, learned in part from his activity restoring such works. He is described by 1836 by the contemporary
Luigi Mussini as having begun to paint
Madonnas weakly imitated after the neo-purism of the (pre-Raphaelite) Germans such as
Overbeck and his associates. Among his frescoes are those depicting:
Sacred and Profane Music, Poetry, and a Choir of Putti (1852) in a salon of the house of count Guicciardini and in the
Palazzo Martelli in
Florence. He painted the frescoes of the
Life of St Anne for the chapel dei Giuntini in
San Giuseppe. Among his canvases in oil is one of the
Virgin about to embrace her Jesus as a child (1843) and a
Glory of the Virgin (1847) for the church of
Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato. Marini was employed in restoration (1840) of the frescoes in the
Palazzo del Podesta of Prato. His wife, Giulia Marini, painted landscapes and still-life. He died in Florence. ==References==