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In the Dome, 180 feet above the Rotunda floor, Constantino Brumidi worked in fresco (pigment applied to newly troweled plaster) on the 4,664 square feet of concave surface. The 60-year-old artist took 11 months to complete this masterpiece in 1865. |
George Washington sits between Liberty and Victory,
surrounded by maidens representing the thirteen original states.
