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Hispanic Culture in Art
This list includes works in the collections under the care of the Architect of the Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and is not exhaustive.
        
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Artwork in the United States Capitol featuring Hispanic people and culture is listed below.

Paintings

**Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto**
	Oil on canvas by William H. Powell, 1853.
	The painting depicts the arrival of Hernando De Soto and his men at the Mississippi River in 1541.
	**The Landing of Columbus**
	Oil on canvas by John Vanderlyn, 1846.
	The painting depicts the landing on San Salvador Island by Columbus. Accompanying Columbus are Martín and Vincente Pinzón, Rodrigo de Escobedo, Rodrigo Sánchez de Segovia, Alonzo Ojeda, and other members of his crew.
	**The Recall of Columbus**
	Oil on canvas by Augustus Goodyear Heaton, 1882.
	Senate Collection.
	**Settlement of California, Bay of Monterey**
	Oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt, 1878.
	The painting depicts a mass offered by Father Junipero Serra in 1770 to celebrate the founding of the missions of San Carlos in Monterey, San Diego, and San Antonio.Portraits

**E. (Kika) DeLa Garza**
	Oil on canvas by Jena Rawley-Whitaker.
	Representative DeLa Garza represented the 15th Congressional District of Texas in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1996. He was chairman of the House Agriculture Committee from 1981 to 1994.
	**Henry B. González**
	Oil on canvas by Jesse Trevino.
	Representative González represented the 20th Congressional District of Texas in the House of Representatives from 1961 until 1999. He was chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee from 1989 to 1994.Murals

**Bartolomé de Las Casas, the Apostle of the Indians**
	Oil on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, 1876.
	Brumidi Corridors, Senate wing.
	**Landing of Columbus**
	Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1878–1880.
	Rotunda, Frieze.
	**Cortez and Montezuma at Mexican Temple**
	Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1878–1880.
	Rotunda, Frieze.
	**Pizarro Going to Peru**
	Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1878–1880.
	Rotunda, Frieze.
	**Burial of De Soto**
	Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1878–1880.
	Rotunda, Frieze.
	**American Army Entering the City of Mexico**
	Fresco by Filippo Costaggini, 1880–1889.
	Rotunda, Frieze.
	**Naval Gun Crew in the Spanish-American War ​​​​​​**
	Fresco by Allyn Cox, 1953.
	Rotunda, Frieze.
	******Simón Bolívar vignette******
	Oil on Canvas by Allyn Cox, 1973–1974.
	Great Experiment Hall, House wing, first floor east–west.
	**Spanish Mission**
	Oil on canvas by Evergreene Painting Studios, 1993.
	Westward Expansion Corridor, House wing, first floor west.Sculpture—Statues

**Dennis Chavez**
	Bronze by Felix de Weldon, 1966.
	Senate Wing, 2nd Floor.
	**Father Junipero Serra**
	Bronze by Ettore Cadorin, 1930.
	National Statuary Hall.Sculpture—Relief Plaque

**Alfonso X**
	Marble by Gaetano Cecere, 1949. Alfonso X was King of Castile and Léon. He was the author of the Fuero Real, a compilation of local legislation for general use, and originator of the code Las Siete Partidas, used as a basis for Spanish jurisprudence.Sculpture—Bronze Doors

**Columbus Doors**
Designed and modeled by Randolph Rogers in 1858; bronze cast in 1861, installed in 1863.

Landing of Columbus in the New World—Lunette of Columbus and his crew
	Columbus before the Council of Salamanca—Statuette of Juan Pérez de Marchena, prior of the Convent of La Rábida
	Columbus's Departure from the Convent of La Rábida—Statuettes of Hernán Cortés, the conqueror of Mexico, and Lady Beatrix de Bobadilla, an attendant of Queen Isabella who befriended Columbus
	Audience at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella—Statuettes of Alonzo Ojeda, a Spanish adventurer who accompanied Columbus to the New World, and Queen Isabella
	Departure of Columbus from Palos--Statuette of Pedro Gonzáles de Mendoza, Archbishop of Toledo and Grand Cardinal of Spain
	Columbus's First Encounter with the Indians—Statuette of the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro
	Entry of Columbus into Barcelona—Statuettes of King Ferdinand of Spain and Vasco Nùñez de Balboa, the Spanish discoverer of the Pacific Ocean
	Death of Columbus—Statuettes of King John II of Portugal and Martín Alonzo Pinzón, the commander of the PintaArtists

**Marisol Escobar (1930–2016)**
	Sculptor, Statue of Father Damien
	**Henrique Medina (1901–1988)**
	Painter, Portrait of Charles L. McNary, Senate Collection
	**Francisco Pausas (1877–1940)**
	Painter, Portrait of Thomas U. Walter
	**Jesse Trevino (1946– )**
	Painter, Portrait of Henry B. González Serve. Preserve. Inspire.

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