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Constantino Brumidi: Liberty (

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Artist



Alternative names	pseudonym: Broumidēs, Kōnstantinos; Costantino Brumidi; Kōnstantinos Mproumidēs; Kōnstantinos Broumidēs; Constantine Brumidi; Brumidi; Konstantinos Broumidis; Konstantinos Mproumides
Description	Italian-American painter
Date of birth/death	26 July 1805	19 February 1880
Location of birth/death	Rome, Italy	Washington, D.C.
Work period	1825 –1880
Work location	United States of America
Authority file	: Q983643 VIAF: 27944695 ISNI: 0000000066813144 ULAN: 500013026 LCCN: n81133845 NAID: 10568752 WorldCat

Title

Liberty

Object type

painting

Description

one of a pair of ceiling-mounted paintings representing the concepts of liberty and union.

Date

1869

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 159.9 cm (62.9 in); width: 129.2 cm (50.8 in)

Collection

White House

	Native name	White House
	Parent institution	White House Complex
	Location	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, Washington, D.C. 20500 United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52″ N, 77° 02′ 12″ W
	Established	1792
	Website	whitehouse.gov
	Authority file	: Q35525 VIAF: 155235437 ULAN: 500312779 LCCN: sh85146483 NAID: 10676368 NLA: 49682301 WorldCat

Current location

Washington, DC

Credit line

The White House Historical Association (White House Collection)

Notes

From Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008.
"Mounted in the ceiling [of the White House Entrance Hall], Liberty and Union were painted in a modified illusionistic style found especially in Venetian ceiling paintings of the 16th century . . . .

"The personification of Liberty, crowned with golden stars symbolizing the original states, is sturdily poised and dynamically draped as she defends the flag with her body and her weapons. Her attitude and expression are at once vigilant and serene . . . . Her weapons, whose triangular placement stabilizes the composition, are held in abeyance, the sword's point behind her shoulder and the spear entwined with red ribbon and the laurel wreath of victory."

Source/Photographer

White House Historical Association

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Usage on el.wikipedia.org
- Κωνσταντίνος Μπρουμίδης
Usage on pt.wikipedia.org
- Liberdade (personificação)