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The demigod/Baphomet-like pose of Washington is portrayed in Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Lost Symbol (2009), in which the author describes a hypothesis according to which Washington and the other Founding Fathers decorated the national capital full of Freemason or occult symbols.
The Apotheosis of Washington on the ceiling of the Capitol rotunda inside the United States Capitol Detail of George Washington in the fresco. The Apotheosis of Washington is the fresco painted by Greek-Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865 and visible through the oculus of the dome in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
With the invention of photography, the pose continued but may have had an additional purpose in preventing blurring by maintaining the sitter's hand in a single place. The pose is commonly seen in photographs of members of the military, with a number of American Civil War photographs showing the pose, or indicated by three open buttons on a ...
Baphomet was allegedly worshipped as a deity by the medieval order of the Knights Templar. [4] King Philip IV of France had many French Templars simultaneously arrested, and then tortured into confessions in October 1307. [5] [6] The name Baphomet appeared in trial transcripts for the Inquisition of the Knights Templar that same year. [6]
The Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, the first presidential portrait. Beginning with painter Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington, it has been tradition for the president of the United States to have an official portrait taken during their time in office, most commonly an oil painting.
George Washington, widely viewed as the first president, was elected into office in 1789 after leading the Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War.
George Washington, 1825, one of Stuart's many copies of the Athenaeum Portrait, Walters Art Museum. The painting was owned by Stuart until he died in 1828. It was then owned by his daughter, Jane Stuart. It was then purchased in May 1831 for US$1,500 (equivalent to $42,919 in 2023) by the Trustees of the Boston Athenaeum, with money raised via ...
Artist: Gilbert Stuart Title: Portrait of George Washington Location: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Dates: unknown Dimensions: 73.5 cm x 61.1 cm Medium: Painting - oil on canvas [[Category:Gilbert Stuart