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Washington traversant le Delaware

Emanuel Leutze German American
1851
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760
L’attaque lancée par Washington et deux mille cinq cents hommes contre les Hessois, le 25 décembre 1776 à Trenton, New Jersey, marqua un tournant de la guerre de l’Indépendance. La représentation qu’en fit Leutze fut acclamée aux États-Unis comme en Allemagne, où le tableau a été peint. Cette popularité tient surtout au choix du sujet, de nature à flatter le nationalisme florissant au milieu du XIXe siècle, ainsi qu’aux dimensions monumentales de la toile, qui donnent à la scène toute son envergure. Malgré quelques inexactitudes historiques, le tableau reste objet de vénération. C’est d’ailleurs l’une des images les plus célèbres et les plus largement diffusées de l’art des États-Unis.

Artwork Details

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  • Titre: Washington traversant le Delaware
  • Artiste: Emanuel Leutze, Américain, 1816–1868
  • Date: 1851
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 3,79 x 6,48 m
  • Crédits: Don de John Stewart Kennedy, 1897
  • Accession Number: 97.34
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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