The Art Collection

Architect of the Capitol employees are responsible for the care and preservation of more than 300 works of art, architectural elements, landscape features and more.

Browse our pieces below or learn more about the artists, collections and subjects.

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Samuel Adams Statue

Massachusetts gave this statue to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1876. Sculptor Anne Whitney (1821-1915) was the second woman to complete a full-length statue for the Capitol and the first to have one included in the National Statuary Hall Collection.

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood Statue

This statue of Samuel Jordan Kirkwood was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Iowa in 1913.

Sandwich Islands

A map shows the islands now called Hawaii, which were annexed in 1898; an island native carries fruit in an out-rigger canoe with a cloth sail.

Sarah Winnemucca Statue

This statue of Sarah Winnemucca was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Nevada in 2005.

Senate Bronze Doors

The bronze doors of the Senate wing are comparable to those in the House. Each valve consists of three panels, depicting events in the life of George Washington and Revolutionary War scenes, and an allegorical medallion.

Sequoyah Statue

This statue of Sequoyah was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Oklahoma in 1917. His statue was the first honoring a Native American to be chosen for the collection.

Sharecroppers

A couple picks cotton in the south with their cabin behind them and the plantation house in the distance.

Signing of the Constitution

Howard Chandler Christy's painting depicts Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Completed in 1940, the 20-by-30-foot framed oil-on-canvas scene is on display in the east grand stairway of the House wing.

Signing of the First Treaty of Peace with Great Britain

Brumidi's depiction of the 1782 event shows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens and British representative Richard Oswald.

Simon de Montfort, Relief Portrait

Simon de Montfort (1200-1265) English statesman. Advocated representative government; established an early form of representative government in England.

Sir Walter Raleigh Relief Portrait

Above four of the large paintings in the U.S.

Sir William Blackstone, Relief Portrait

Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) English jurist. Professor of common law at Oxford; author of Commentaries on the Laws of England, which had considerable influence on the importation and adaptation of English common law in America.