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[Apotheosis of Washington. Marine detail] – Antique Wall Art

[Apotheosis of Washington. Marine detail], c1904. — historic photograph
[Apotheosis of Washington. Marine detail], c1904.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, is the focus of this close view of the marine figures painted on the ceiling of the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The fresco is the work of Constantino Brumidi, the Italian-born painter who decorated much of the building from the 1850s until his death in 1880. Detroit Publishing Company made this glass plate negative around 1904, when the firm was documenting American landmarks for a wide public.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreAllegories.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Photograph of a fresco of Neptune and court by Constantino Brumidi in the United States Capitol. G 1657" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 9850. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCapitols. Neptune (Roman deity) Ceilings. Murals. Rotundas.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75746

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