The Art Collection

Justice and History features two draped female figures reclining against a globe.

Justinian I (c. 483-565) Byzantine emperor. Appointed Tribonian to compile and consolidate the Roman legal code into the Justinian Code, which he supplemented with a collection of rulings and precedents.

This statue of King Kamehameha I was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Hawaii in 1969. Under his rule, he unified all of the islands of Hawaii. The statue of King Kamehameha I is the heaviest in the collection.

This college building in Kansas was one of the first created under the 1862 Morrill Act, which was meant to ensure higher education for all classes of Americans.

This painting depicts Christopher Columbus and members of his crew on a beach in the West Indies, newly landed from his flagship Santa Maria on October 12, 1492.

Christopher Columbus disembarks from the Santa Maria on a plank, greeted by Native Americans. This is the first of four scenes of Spanish conquest. Brumidi's central figure seems to have been inspired by a statue of Columbus by Luigi Persico, which was then at the east central steps of the Capitol. (1492)

A group of Pilgrims, led by William Brewster, is shown giving thanks for their safe voyage after their arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (1620)

The explorers are shown on the Missouri river looking over a Mandan village.

This statue of Lewis Cass was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Michigan in 1889. Cass served as governor of the Michigan territory, secretary of war, minister to France and was a member of the U.S. Senate.

This statue of Lewis (Lew) Wallace was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Indiana in 1910. He is remembered for his political accomplishments and for being one of America's most noted authors.