Washington Crossing the Delaware

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Artist: Emanuel Leutze
Date: 1851
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897

11 tags

War and Military Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists soldiers and the American Revolution among the subjects, while the image shows a boat crowded with armed historical figures and military equipment.
Water Both · 99%

The image is dominated by a river, broken ice, and open water; the catalog identifies boats as a subject.
Modes of Transportation Both · 98%

A long boat occupies the foreground and carries the central group, while boats are also listed in the catalog subjects.
Animals Both · 97%

Horses and mounted figures are visible in the background, and horses are listed among the catalog subjects.
Movement Visual · 98%

The rowers’ angled oars, bent bodies, windblown flag, choppy water, and shifting ice create a pronounced sense of physical motion.
Narrative Both · 98%

The title and catalog subjects establish a specific historical event, and the image organizes its figures and setting into a coherent sequential scene.

19th Century American Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1851 and identifies its place of origin as American.

History Painting Both · 97%

The title and catalog subject identify a specific event involving George Washington and soldiers, and the image presents that event as a staged, legible historical scene.
Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

The catalog specifies the medium as oil on canvas.
Painting Both · 100%

The work is visibly a painted canvas, and the catalog classifies it as Painting.

American Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as American.

Emanuel Leutze. Washington Crossing the Delaware. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.