0:00/??? Declaration of Independence From the recording Declaration of Independence Share Painting by John Trumbull. Oil-on-canvas. Dimensions 3.7 m × 5.5 m (12 ft × 18 ft) Commissioned 1817; purchased 1819; placed 1826 in the Rotunda, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC., US Music is best heard with headphones with the volume up.