I too rise today to support H. Con. Res. 202. a resolution permitting the use of the Capitol Rotunda for a ceremony to honor Constantino Brumidi on the 200th anniversary of his birth. To some Brumidi is known only as the artist of the Capitol. However. to many others he is much more. With his astonishing allegorical art work. Brumidi links the birthplace of democracy. ancient Greece. to the worlds newest land of liberty. America. Moreover. Brumidi himself represents what his masterpieces convey. As a political refugee. Brumidi illustrates the principles upon which this great Nation was founded: Freedom. liberty and opportunity. On July 26. 1805.