Brumidi's allegorical painting, in dome of U.S. Capitol – Antique Print
![Brumidi's allegorical painting, in dome of U.S. Capitol, [between 1889 and 1893] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9ea0828345d2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of Brumidi's allegorical painting, in dome of U.S. Capitol brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Brumidi's allegorical painting, in dome of U.S. Capitol
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The painting shown here is the allegorical fresco that Constantino Brumidi placed in the canopy of the Capitol's rotunda dome, high above the floor and reached by a long climb through the building's interior. Brumidi, an Italian-born painter, spent much of his career decorating the Capitol, and he died in 1880 with the work still unfinished. This color photolithograph appeared in the *Washington Album*, a view book from the early 1890s that offered visitors a souvenir of the city's major sights. Its appearance in such a book shows how central the Capitol's painted interiors had become to how Americans pictured their national government.
| Created / published | [between 1889 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (on two pages) : photolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Allegorical paintings Reproductions 1880-1900.Photolithographs Color 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: Washington Album. Published by Ph. Frey, Louis Glaser, and J. F. Jarvis, p. 7-8. Glaser/Frey Collection of American View Books (Library of Congress) |
| Subjects | Brumidi, Constantino,--1805-1880--Associated objects. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1900. Murals--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1900. Capitol Rotunda (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.)--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,148 × 4,055 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226523 |
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