Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol

by Myrtle Cheney Murdock

Wyeth, S. D. Description of Brumidi’s Allegorical Painting within the Canopy of the Rotunda, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers, 1866.

Romano, Filippo Agricola, Report of Restorations of the Vatican upon Those Painted by the School of Raphael. Printing House of Crispino Puccinelli, Rome, 1842.

Dennison, Eleanor E., The Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Stanford University Press, 1942.

NEWSPAPERS

The Washington Post

“Death of Brumidi,” Feb. 20, 1880.

“Historical Frieze in Capitol Finished after Many Years,” Jan. 16, 1921.

The Washington Star

“Funeral of Constantino Brumidi,” Feb. 21, 1880.

“The President’s Room at the Capitol,” April 13, 1913.