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Washington cruzando el río Delaware

Emanuel Leutze German American
1851
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760
El 25 de diciembre de 1776, Washington atacó con dos mil quinientos hombres a los mercenarios alemanes en Trenton, Nueva Jersey. La escaramuza marcó un punto decisivo en la Guerra de la Independencia. Esta representación del evento tuvo gran éxito en los Estados Unidos, y también en Alemania, donde Leutze la pintó. Su popularidad radicaba principalmente en el tema escogido por el artista, en sintonía con el nacionalismo ascendente a mediados de siglo, y en sus monumentales dimensiones que aumentaban el impacto de la escena. A pesar de ciertas inexactitudes históricas, el cuadro continúa siendo objeto de veneración y es una de las obras del arte estadounidense más famosas y más reproducidas.

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  • Título: Washington cruzando el río Delaware
  • Artista: Emanuel Leutze, estadounidense, 1816–1868
  • Fecha: 1851
  • Material: Óleo sobre lienzo
  • Dimensiones: 3,79 x 6,48 m
  • Crédito: Donación de John Stewart Kennedy, 1897
  • Número de inventario: 97.34
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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