The national Capitol; its architecture, art and history . uincy Adams as President of the United States. Each statue cost the government $12,000. They must have been placedin their present positions since 1835, as not till then was an appropriationmade by Congress for the niches in which they stand. On the wall of the centralportico above the bronze doorsis a work by Capellano (1827).It represents the head and shoul-ders of Washington, with twoangelic figures in the act ofcrowning his brow with tri-umphal wreaths. Rogers Bronze Doors.—The beautiful bronze doors atthe eastern entrance to the ro
The national Capitol; its architecture, art and history . uincy Adams as President of the United States. Each statue cost the government $12,000. They must have been placedin their present positions since 1835, as not till then was an appropriationmade by Congress for the niches in which they stand. On the wall of the centralportico above the bronze doorsis a work by Capellano (1827).It represents the head and shoul-ders of Washington, with twoangelic figures in the act ofcrowning his brow with tri-umphal wreaths. Rogers Bronze Doors.—The beautiful bronze doors atthe eastern entrance to the ro-tunda are popularly called TheColumbus Doors because theyrepresent scenes in the life ofthat great admiral. They weredesigned and modeled in Romein 1858 by Randolph Rogers, ayoung American of whom hiscountrymen should feel proud,and cast by F. von Miller, aGerman, in Munich in two leaves, each composedof four panels—with transom,frame and trimmings also inThe doors were first placed in the arch lead-south extension, in November, 1863. They. THE DISCOVERYPersico bronze—were cast in sections,ins; from Statuarv Hall to the were soon removed, however, to their present position. The lowest panel upon the left represents Columbus before the Council ofSalamanca, where he was denied assistance and his theories ridiculed bv thewise men of the court. Discouraged, he sought the Convent of La Rabida,at the hands of whose worthy prior, Juan Perez, he had before found sympathyand aid. The next panel represents the navigator setting forth for the courtof Spain, where, finally, through a letter to the queen from Perez, her one-time confessor, the interview with Ferdinand and Isabella set forth in thethird panel was secured. The upper panel shows the departure of Columbusfrom Palos on his first voyage of discovery, Friday, August 3, 1492.
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