Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi, born Elisabetta Theotoki (,

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, 1760 -

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, 27 September 1836) was a

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writer, salonist and countess.

Life

Born in 1760 in

, she was a member of the prominent

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. In 1776 she married the Venetian patrician 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

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. Isabella Albrizzi was the host of a salon which was the literary and artistically center of contemporary Venice. Among her friends and guests were

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and

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. In 1807 she published her work ''Ritratti''. She died in Venice, on 27 September 1836. She had two sons, Giovan Battista Marin and Giovanni Battista Giuseppe Albrizzi.

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