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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Rogers, Randolph,     Walter, Thomas Ustick,     Royal Foundry,     Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher     History -- United States     History -- Exploration     Portrait male -- Perez,     Portrait male -- Cortez,     Portrait male -- Ojeda, Alonzo de, Don     Portrait male -- Vespucci, Amerigo     Portrait male -- Mendoza,     Portrait male -- Alexander VI     Portrait female -- Isabel the Catholic     Portrait male -- Ferdinand, King     Portrait female -- Bobadilla, Beatrix de, Lady     Portrait male -- Charles VIII     Portrait male -- Henry VII     Portrait male -- Pinzon,     Door     Sculpture

Columbus Door, (sculpture). Artist:  Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor. Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. Royal Foundry, founder. Title:  Columbus Door, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Rogers Door, (sculpture). Rotunda Doors, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1858. Modeled 1856-1858. Cast 1860. Installed 1870. Medium:  Bronze sculpture. Dimensions:  16 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 9 in. Description:  The door consists of two half-doors with four panels each illustrating with important events in the life of Columbus. Tiny niches along the border of the door are filled with statuettes of figures who participated in the Columbus story. Above the door is a semicircular transom illustrating Columbus landing in the New World. Around the transom, a border is decorated with nautical motifs, such as, anchors and rudders; figures around the outer rim of the doors represent Asia, Africa, Europe, and America. Subject:  Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher History -- United States -- Discovery of U.S. History -- Exploration -- Spain Portrait male -- Perez, Portrait male -- Cortez, Portrait male -- Ojeda, Alonzo de, Don Portrait male -- Vespucci, Amerigo Portrait male -- Mendoza, Portrait male -- Alexander VI Portrait female -- Isabel the Catholic Portrait male -- Ferdinand, King Portrait female -- Bobadilla, Beatrix de, Lady Portrait male -- Charles VIII Portrait male -- Henry VII Portrait male -- Pinzon, Object Type:  Door Sculpture Owner:  United States Capitol, Rotunda entrance, east front, Central Portico, Washington, District of Columbia 20201 Remarks:  The door was commissioned in 1858 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 "Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol," the Architect of the Capitol, 1965. Architect of the Capitol, "Art in the United States Capitol," Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1976. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.11. Illustration:  "Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol," the Architect of the Capitol, 1965, pp. 370. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, A-9. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.11 Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75002484   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75002484 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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