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St. Bartholomew's Church Doors, South Portal, (sculpture). Artist:  Martiny, Philip, 1858-1927, sculptor. White, Stanford, 1853-1906, architect. Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924, architect. McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  St. Bartholomew's Church Doors, South Portal, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Cornelius Vanderbilt Memorial Doors, (sculpture). Dates:  1898. Installed 1904. Relocated 1918. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Doors: bronze; Arches and frieze: limestone Columns: Cippolino marble; tympanum: marble; Panels: Egyptian porphyry. 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--Pentecost (left) and the Ascension (right); Center panels--St. Philip and St. James (left) and St. Andrew and St. Bartholomew (right); Lower panel scenes--Judas betraying his Master (left) and St. Peter receiving the keys (right). The semi-circular tympanum over the south bronze doors contains scenes of Jesus and St. John the Baptist in their infancy. Below this is a frieze showing Jesus carrying the Cross in the procession to Calvary. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Christ Religion -- New Testament -- Pentecost Religion -- New Testament -- Ascension Religion -- Saint -- St. Philip Religion -- Saint -- St. James Religion -- Saint -- St. Andrew Religion -- Saint -- St. Bartholomew Religion -- Judas Religion -- Saint -- St. Peter Religion -- Saint -- St. John Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion Object Type:  Architectural component Door Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  St. Bartholomew's Church, 109 East 50th Street, South portal of entrance, New York, New York 10022 Provenance:  Formerly located St. Bartholomew's Church, Madison Avenue & 44th Street, South 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 were first installed on St. Bartholomew's Church in 1904 when the church was located at its previous site on Madison Avenue and 44th Street. Phillip Martiny created the south bronze doors, as well as the tympanum and frieze over the south 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:  Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. 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. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0255, 1989. Monumental News, Oct. 1903, pg. 588. Berns, Inez Martiny, 1996. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Oct. 1903, pg. 589. 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 88300035   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88300035 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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