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Adams, Herbert,
White, Stanford,
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,
McKim, Mead & White,
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- Saint
Religion -- Saint
Religion -- Saint
Religion -- Saint
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- New Testament
Architectural component
Door
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
Sculpture
St. Bartholomew's Church Doors, North Portal, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor.
White, Stanford, 1853-1906, architect.
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924, architect.
McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm.
Title:
St. Bartholomew's Church Doors, North Portal, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Vanderbilt Memorial Panel, (
sculpture
).
Cornelius Vanderbilt Memorial Doors, (
sculpture
).
Vanderbilt Memorial Portal: Tympanum: Madonna and Child with Angels, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1898. Installed 1904-1905. Relocated 1918.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Doors: bronze; Arches: limestone; Columns: Cippolino marble; Panels: Egyptian porphyry.
Dimensions:
Doors: approx. H. 12 ft. W. 6 ft.
Inscription:
(Inscribed at bottom left valve:) ENTER INTO HIS GATES/WITH THANKSGIVING (Inscribed at bottom right valve:) AND INTO HIS COVRTS/WITH PRAISE:PSALMS.C.IV
Description:
The bronze doors are designed with three sets of two horizontal panels which are decorated with figures of the apostles and evangelists in the center panels and scenes from the
New
Testament on the upper and lower panels: Upper panel scenes--the Transfiguration (left) and Paul on the road to Damascus (right); Center panels--St. Peter and St. Andrew (left) and St. Barnabas and Saul (right); Lower panel scenes--St. Peter addressing the centurion's family (left) and the conversion of Lydia by Paul at Philippi (right). The semi-circular tympanum (also by Adams) over the north doors contains the marble figures of the Christ child and his mother, with angels on either side. Below this is a frieze depicting a Crucifixion scene which illustrates the disciples carrying the body of Jesus to the burial place.
Subject:
Religion
--
New
Testament
--
Transfiguration
Religion
--
Saint
--
St. Paul
Religion
--
Saint
--
St. Peter
Religion
--
Saint
--
St. Andrew
Religion
--
Saint
--
St. Barnabas
Religion
--
New
Testament
--
Saul
Religion
--
New
Testament
--
Lydia
Religion
--
New
Testament
--
Christ
Religion
--
New
Testament
--
Mary
Religion
--
New
Testament
--
Crucifixion
Object Type:
Architectural component
Door
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
York
--
New
York
Sculpture
Owner:
St. Bartholomew's, 109 East 50th Street, North portal of entrance,
New
York
,
New
York
10022
Provenance:
Formerly located St. Bartholomew's Church, Madison Avenue & 44th Street, North portal of entrance,
New
York
,
New
York
1904-1918.
Remarks:
The triple portal entrance to St. Bartholomew's was designed by Stanford White, as a memorial to Cornelius Vanderbilt, and was first installed on St. Bartholomew's Church in 1904 when the church was located at its previous site on Madison Avenue and 44th Street. Herbert Adams created the north portal's bronze doors as well as the tympanum and frieze over the north doors. In 1918, when Bertram Goodhue designed the
new
St. Bartholomew's on 50th Street, he removed the Stanford White designed triple portal entrance and installed it on the
new
church. IAS files contain a church booklet which provides additional details about St. Bartholomew's architecture and
sculpture
.
References:
Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's
Outdoor
Sculpture
,"
New
York
: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 327.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
York
,
New
York
survey, 1993.
New
York
Times, June 22, 1902, pg. 9.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 87870236
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