ID: 700008610 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008610	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

George Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting (visual work); Emanuel Leutze (American, 1816–1868); 1851; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 97.34; )

Note: Leutze's depiction of Washington's attack on the Hessians at Trenton on December 25, 1776, was a great success in America and in Germany. It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25-26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. That action was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey, in the Battle of Trenton. Leutze began his first version of this subject in 1849. It was damaged in his studio by fire in 1850 and, although restored and acquired by the Bremen Kunsthalle, was again destroyed in a bombing raid in 1942. In 1850, Leutze began this version of the subject, which was placed on exhibition in New York during October of 1851. At this showing Marshall O. Roberts bought the canvas for the then-enormous sum of 10,000 dollars. In 1853, M. Knoedler published an engraving of it. Many studies for the painting exist, as do copies by other artists.

Titles:

George Washington Crossing the Delaware (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1851

Creator Display:

Emanuel Leutze (American, 1816–1868) [preferred,VP]

painter Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb (German painter, 1816-1868, active in the United States) [500005129]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 97.34

Credit Line: Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	George Washington (American general and president, 1732-1799) [500126198]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	American Revolution [901000252]
	.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Battle of Trenton [901001338]
	.....((American Revolution , United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Delaware River [7020648]
	.....(United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	river crossing (activity) [300403987]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
George Washington Crossing the Delaware	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)