Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze depicting General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River wi
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, MMA NYC, 1851
Washington Crossing the Delaware (1849–1850), the first painting by Emanuel Leutze
Washington Crossing The Delaware on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in May 2025
Washington Crossing the Delaware was projected on the Washington Monument in January 2026 during the United States Semiquincentennial celebrations.
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Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)
…Kunsthalle in Bremen, Germany, and was destroyed in a British bombing raid in 1942, during World War II. One of Leutze's other two versions is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The other was in the West Wing reception area of the White House in Washington, D.C., but in March 2015, was purchased and put on…
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