That is the action that brings us here today. to permit a ceremony In Constantino Brumidis honor to be held in the Capitol Rotunda. Constantino Brumidi has been called the Michelangelo of the United States Capitol Building. House Concurrent Resolution 202 was introduced both to honor the life and also the work of Constantino Brumidi. who was an Italian immigrant also with strong family Hellenic roots who spent some 25 years. from 1855 to 1880. painting. decorating. and enhancing the beauty of our United States Capitol building. Brumidi was born in Italy in 1805 and he worked as an artist in Rome and the Vatican where he had many commissions. including a portrait of Pope Pius IX. In 1852. Brumidi immigrated to the United States and he dedicated the balance of his life to making our Capitol building one of the most impressive structures in this great Nation and really in the world. In 1865. Brumidi spent some 11 months walking dangerously high atop the Capitol Rotunda laboring on his masterpiece which if you go to the center of the Rotunda and look up. you see his famous work entitled "The Apotheosis of Washington." in the eye of the Capitol dome.
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