# United States Capitol art

The United States Capitol displays public artworks by a variety of artists, including the National Statuary Hall Collection and United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection.

## Sculpture

Sculptures include those within the National Statuary Hall Collection and United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection. Other sculptures include a bust of Martin Luther King Jr., the Columbus Doors, and the Revolutionary War Door.

### National Statuary Hall Collection

The National Statuary Hall Collection is composed of statues donated by individual U.S. states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hall of the House of Representatives, which was then renamed National Statuary Hall. The expanding collection has since been spread throughout the Capitol and its Visitor Center.

### Other portrait sculpture

Other sculptures under the control of the Architect of the Capitol include the following:
| Honoree | Medium | Sculptor | Date placed | Location |
| Abraham Lincoln | Marble | Vinnie Ream | 1871 | Rotunda |
| Alexander Hamilton | Marble | Horatio Stone | 1868 | Rotunda |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Bronze | John Woodrow Wilson | 1986 | Rotunda |
| Edward Dickinson Baker | Marble | Horatio Stone | 1876 | Hall of Columns |
| Sojourner Truth | Bronze | Artis Lane | 2009 | Capitol Visitor Center |
| James Madison | Marble | Walker Hancock | 1976 | James Madison Memorial Building |
| Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony | Marble | Adelaide Johnson | 1920 | Rotunda |
| Thomas Jefferson | Bronze | Pierre-Jean David d’Angers | 1834 | Rotunda |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1899 | Rotunda |
| Rosa Parks | Bronze | Eugene Daub | 2013 | National Statuary Hall |
| Frederick Douglass | Bronze | Steven Weitzman | 2013 | Capitol Visitor Center |
| John Marshall | Bronze | William Wetmore Story | 1884 | Capitol Grounds, West Front |
| Robert A. Taft | Bronze | Wheeler Williams | 1959 | Square 633, Capitol Grounds |

### Allegorical or mythological sculpture

| Title | Medium | Sculptor | Date placed | Location | Comment |
| Car of History | Marble | Carlo Franzoni | 1819 | National Statuary Hall | represents Clio, the muse of history |
| Liberty and the Eagle | Plaster | Enrico Causici | 1817–1819 | National Statuary Hall | |
| Statue of Freedom | Bronze | Thomas Crawford | 1863 | top of dome | |
| The Progress of Civilization | Marble | Thomas Crawford | 1863 | Pediment over Senate Portico, East Front | |
| Apotheosis of Democracy | Marble | Paul Wayland Bartlett | 1916 | Pediment, East Front | Figures of Peace protecting Genius surrounded by scenes representing Industry and Agriculture |
| Genius of America (1) | Sandstone | Luigi Persico | 1825–1828 | Pediment, East Central Entrance | America with Justice and Hope, duplicated and replaced by Genius of America (2) |
| Genius of America (2) | Marble | Bruno Mankowski | 1959–1960 | Pediment, East Central Entrance | duplicate in marble of Genius of America (1) |
| Fame and Peace Crowning George Washington (1) | Sandstone | Antonio Capellano | 1827 | East central portico, above the Rotunda doors | duplicated and replaced by Fame and Peace ... (2) |
| Fame and Peace Crowning George Washington (2) | Marble | G. Gianetti | 1959–1960 | East central portico, above the Rotunda doors | duplicate in marble of Fame and Peace ... (1) |
| Justice and History | Marble | Thomas Crawford | 1863 | East Front | |