Washington Crossing the Delaware

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history painting painting

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" is a famous 1851 oil painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington leading Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Crossing of the Delaware River	1
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware	1
Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)	1
Washington's crossing of the Delaware River	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
appliesToPart	canvas ⓘ
basedOn	George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on December 25–26, 1776 ⓘ
collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
commissionedBy	American patrons in Düsseldorf ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Emanuel Leutze ⓘ
depicts	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ surface form: Battle of Trenton (prelude) Continental Army ⓘ Delaware River ⓘ George Washington ⓘ United States flag ⓘ Washington Crossing the Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Washington's crossing of the Delaware River dangerous river crossing ⓘ diverse group of soldiers in the boat ⓘ heroic portrayal of George Washington ⓘ military leadership ⓘ patriotism ⓘ winter scene ⓘ
depictsTime	night of December 25–26, 1776 ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
genre	historical painting ⓘ
hasPart	American flag bearer ⓘ chunks of river ice ⓘ distant boats ⓘ dramatic sky ⓘ figure of George Washington standing in a boat ⓘ rowers in the boat ⓘ
hasVersion	smaller version at the White House ⓘ version at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum ⓘ
inception	1851 ⓘ
influencedBy	European Romantic history painting tradition ⓘ
location	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
locationOfCreation	Düsseldorf NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic, theatrical composition ⓘ historical inaccuracies in details ⓘ iconic image of George Washington ⓘ symbol of American patriotism ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Emanuel Leutze ⓘ
originalLanguage	none ⓘ
subjectOf	American cultural studies ⓘ art historical analysis ⓘ
title	Washington Crossing the Delaware self-link ⓘ
usesPerspective	dramatic diagonal composition ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Trenton → associatedArtwork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

Washington Crossing the Delaware → depicts → Washington Crossing the Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington's crossing of the Delaware River

Emanuel Leutze → depicts → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)

this entity surface form: Crossing of the Delaware River

Delaware River → historicalEventSite → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware

Emanuel Leutze → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

Leutze → notableWork → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

subject surface form: Emanuel Leutze

Emanuel Leutze → subjectOf → Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)

Washington Crossing the Delaware → title → Washington Crossing the Delaware self-link ⓘ