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Emanuel LeutzeWW-1856-T000150
Catalogue
- Year
- 1856
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 50 7/8 x 40 1/2 in. (129.2 x 102.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Emanuel Leutze
Artist

Emanuel Leutze
Emanuel Leutze was a German-American painter known for monumental historical and allegorical compositions executed in oil on canvas. Born in Württemberg and trained in Düsseldorf, he emigrated to the United States in 1859, where he became a prominent figure painter and muralist. His dramatic scenes of American history and nationalist themes defined mid-19th-century academic painting in the United States. He worked at a heroic scale, often depicting pivotal moments with theatrical intensity and meticulous historical detail.
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- Emanuel Leutze
- Year
- 1856
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 50 7/8 x 40 1/2 in. (129.2 x 102.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1856-T000150
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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- Status
- verified