They eventually wind their way to a balcony just underneath the Apotheosis of Washington.

"The Apotheosis of Washington," circulated in 1800, the year after his death, makes his sainthood a done deal.

In addition to the Apotheosis of Washington he designed the Brumidi Corridors.

Vulcan appears in The Apotheosis of Washington, producing a cannon and a steam engine.

The Apotheosis of Washington Photograph (42k)

The Apotheosis of Washington, Architect of the Capitol.

The Apotheosis of Washington is one of the most famous pieces of artwork in the United States Capitol.

Constantino Brumidi painted The Apotheosis of Washington in true fresco on the canopy in 1865.

The Apotheosis of Washington depicts George Washington sitting amongst the heavens in an exalted manner (apotheosis).

Constantino Brumidi - The Apotheosis of Washington (fresco in United States Capitol rotunda)

The Apotheosis of Washington depicts Roman gods and goddesses with George Washington and other American heroes.

In 1866, the Italian-born artist Constantino Brumidi finished the canopy fresco, a monumental painting entitled The Apotheosis of Washington.

Other work by Brumidi in the Capitol includes the frieze of American history and The Apotheosis of Washington, both in the Rotunda.

The Apotheosis of Washington (1865) is the very large fresco painted by an Italian Artist Constantino Brumidi in the dome of the rotunda.

He is responsible for the painting of "The Apotheosis of Washington" beneath the top of the dome, and also the famous "Frieze of American History".

The Rotunda canopy, a 4664-square-foot fresco painting entitled The Apotheosis of Washington, depicts the first President of the United States rising into the clouds in glory.

One of the most famous works of art in the Rotunda is The Apotheosis of Washington, which was painted on the ceiling by Constantino Brumidi in 1865.

The acme of this esteem is found on the ceiling of the United States Capitol Building in the form of Brumidi's fresco The Apotheosis of Washington.

THE APOTHEOSIS OF WASHINGTON shows our first president's ascent into heaven.

The interior of the dome was finished in January 1866 when the scaffolding was removed from below Constantino Brumidi's great fresco, the Apotheosis of Washington, 180 feet above the Rotunda floor.

His most accessible and brilliant creations include the allegorical fresco The Apotheosis of Washington in the canopy of the Rotunda and the extensive frescoes and murals in the Brumidi Corridors.

He worked at the Capitol over a period of 25 years, decorating numerous committee rooms and the areas known as the Brumidi Corridors; he also painted the Rotunda canopy fresco, The Apotheosis of Washington.

Along with the Telegraph study, Brumidi also included a depiction of the transatlantic cable in his final sketch for The Apotheosis of Washington, his monumental fresco in the canopy of the Capitol dome.

The Apotheosis of Washington (1865), a fresco in the dome in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building that contains a commerce scene with the Roman god Mercury holding a bag of gold.

In addition to The Apotheosis of Washington, Brumidi painted the meeting room of the House Committee on Agriculture and is known for his work in the Senate hallways, referred to as the Brumidi Corridors.