And then in 1849. as did so many of our ancestors. Brumidi. who was already an established artist in Italy and who spent 3 years working for Pope Gregory XVI in the Vatican. migrated to the United States and began a new life in New York City. There he proudly became a naturalized American citizen in It was on a return trip from Mexico that Constantino Brumidi first saw the U.S. Capitol. It was a fortuitous twist of fate: at a time when Congress and President Franklin Pierce were preparing to expand the Capitol. a wordclass Italian American artist. who just happened to be passing through Washington. inspired by both the freedoms and liberties represented by the seat of Congress and the vast open spaces in the Capitol that seemed to invite frescos and murals. offered his services to Quartermaster General Montgomery C.
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