Back The Apotheosis of Washington German La Apoteosis de Washington Spanish האפותאוזה של וושינגטון HE L'Apoteosi di George Washington Italian ワシントンの神格化 Japanese De apotheose van Washington Dutch Apoteoza Waszyngtona Polish Апофеоз Вашингтона Russian The Apotheosis of Washington Swedish 華盛頓的神化 Chinese

The Apotheosis of Washington

Not to be confused with John James Barralet's Apotheosis of George Washington.
The Apotheosis of Washington on the ceiling of the Capitol rotunda inside the United States Capitol
Detail of George Washington in the fresco

The Apotheosis of Washington is the fresco painted by Greek-Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865 and visible through the oculus of the dome in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

The fresco is suspended 180 feet (55 m) above the rotunda floor and covers an area of 4,664 square feet (433.3 m2). The figures painted are up to 15 feet (4.6 m) tall and are visible from the floor below. The dome was completed in 1863, and Brumidi painted it over the course of eleven months at the end of the American Civil War. He was paid $40,000 ($796,174 in today's funds[1]) for the fresco.

Brumidi had worked for three years in the Vatican under Pope Gregory XVI, and served several aristocrats as an artist for palaces and villas, including the prince Torlonia. He immigrated to the United States in 1852, and spent much of the last 25 years of his life working in the Capitol. In addition to The Apotheosis of Washington, Brumidi designed the Brumidi Corridors, ornately decorated corridors on the first floor of the Senate wing of the Capitol.[2]

  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Comittee (PDF). Vol. 108. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (published 2004-06-14). 2004. pp. 6–10. OCLC 1158205916. ark:/13960/t1fj71m36. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Excerpt describing Constantino Brumidi's contributions to the decorations in the U.S. Capitol.
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