Emanuel Leutze

Emanuel Leutze
Leutze in a photograph taken before 1868
Born(1816-05-24)May 24, 1816
DiedJuly 18, 1868(1868-07-18) (aged 52)
Resting placeGlenwood Cemetery
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityGerman American
EducationJohn Rubens Smith
Karl Friedrich Lessing
Known forHistory painter

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-born American history painter best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.


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