Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol — Rumi — John Shaqi
Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol
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_Emblematic Groups_ (_Fresco_)
Agriculture (Ceres)
Mechanics (Vulcan)
Commerce (Mercury)
Marine (Neptune)
Arts and Sciences (Minerva)
War (Freedom)
“C. BRUMIDI, 1865”
_Architect’s Report, November 1, 1865_
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ROOMS
SOUTH ROOM (OLD MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ROOM)
_Large Lunettes_ (_Wall Frescoes_)
Boston Massacre, 1770
Battle of Lexington, 1775 (working sketch saved by Capt. Meigs)
Death of Wooster, 1777
Washington at Valley Forge, 1778
Storming of Stony Point, 1779 (working sketch saved by Capt. Meigs)
_Frescoed Ceiling_
Victors’ Wreaths, Shields, and Emblems of War
Medallion Head of Liberty
NORTH ROOM (OLD NAVAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ROOM)
_9 Panels in oil_ (_walls_)
Female figures with Navy attributes
_Ceiling Frescoes_
Marine Gods and Goddesses
_Ancient Porticoes in oil_ (_wall_)
_Architect’s Report, November 1, 1871_
_Letter to Architect Clark, May 1, 1871_
SENATE RECEPTION ROOM
(_Name not changed_)
_Allegorical Groupings in Fresco_ (_ceiling_)
Groined Arch (working sketch saved by Capt. Meigs)
Liberty
Plenty
War
Peace
Circular Arch
Prudence
Justice
Temperance
Strength
_Panels in chiaroscuro_ (_walls_)
Decorative Figures
_Wall Centerpiece in Oil_ (_working sketch owned by Warrenton
House_)
Washington in Consultation with Jefferson and Hamilton
_Architect’s Report, November 1, 1872_
_Letter to Architect Clark, May 1, 1871_
SENATE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ROOMS
LARGE ROOM (DECORATED FOR SENATE LIBRARY)
_Allegorical Groups_ (_Ceiling Frescoes_)
Geography
History (working sketch saved by Lola Germon)
Telegraph (working sketch sold at 1925 auction)
_Decorative Groups_ (_Ceiling Frescoes_)
Three maidens each (working sketch saved by Lola Germon)
SMALL ROOM (OLD SERGEANT AT ARMS OFFICE)
_Allegorical Designs_ (_Wall Frescoes_)
Secession and Products of North and South
War and Strife
Rods United--“E Pluribus Unum”
Implements of War Destroyed
_Ceiling Fresco_
“Columbia Welcoming the South Back into the Union” (working sketch
sold in 1925 auction)
“C. BRUMIDI, 1876.”
_Architect’s Report, November 1, 1875_
CORRIDORS, GROUND FLOOR, SENATE ANNEX
SOUTH CORRIDOR
_8 Studies in oil_ (_Animals_)
_8 Ovals in oil_ (_U. S. Shields_)
“PATENT CORRIDOR”
_Wall Frescoes_
Robert Fulton (called also “Palisades of the Hudson”)
John Fitch (working on model of steamboat)
Benjamin Franklin (in his laboratory)
_Brumidi Voucher, 1873_
NORTH CORRIDOR
_Profiles in oil_ (_Medallions in wall Panels_)
Jonathan Trumbull
Daniel Morgan
Israel Putnam
Horatio Gates
Thomas Mifflin
Silas Deane
Joseph Warren
Richard Montgomery
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
_Large Fresco, “Signing of the First Treaty of Peace with Great
Britain, 1782”_
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Jay
Henry Laurens
Richard Oswald (for Great Britain)