A fresco portrait of General
en:Henry Knox by
en:Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880). The portrait adorns the President's Room of the Senate wing, and is reproduced from the United States Capitol Collection.
Constantino Brumidi was born in Rome, Italy, where he later studied art under
en:Vincenzo Camuccini,
en:Antonio Canova, and
en:Bertel Thorvaldsen. He painted the portrait of
en:Pope Pius IX and assisted in the restoration of the
en:Raphael frescoes in the
en:Vatican Loggia. As a captain of the
en:Papal Guards he became involved in the political disturbances of 1848 and fled to America after a brief period of imprisonment. In Washington, D.C., to complete his naturalization, Brumidi met and was retained by Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, superintendent of the United States Capitol. The artist embarked upon a quarter of a century of work in the building, executing historical paintings, allegorical scenes, and portraits of public figures.
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A fresco portrait of General
en:Henry Knox by
en:Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880). The portrait adorns the President's Room of the Senate wing, and is reproduced from the United States Capitol Collection.
Constantino Brumidi was born in Rome, Italy, where he later studied art under
en:Vincenzo Camuccini,
en:Antonio Canova, and
en:Bertel Thorvaldsen. He painted the portrait of
en:Pope Pius IX and assisted in the restoration of the
en:Raphael frescoes in the
en:Vatican Loggia. As a captain of the
en:Papal Guards he became involved in the political disturbances of 1848 and fled to America after a brief period of imprisonment. In Washington, D.C., to complete his naturalization, Brumidi met and was retained by Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, superintendent of the United States Capitol. The artist embarked upon a quarter of a century of work in the building, executing historical paintings, allegorical scenes, and portraits of public figures.
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Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This file is a work of a
U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work of the
U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
The original description page was
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