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Painting of men in a crowded rowboat moving through icy water, a standing central figure holding a striped flag, under dramatic clouds with light breaking through.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

A group of standing and seated men crowd into a rowboat through floating ice, one figure in the center holding a flag with stars and stripes aloft. Pale light breaks through dark clouds over a wintry river, with more boats and figures behind in the distance.

Artist
Emanuel Leutze
Date
1851
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
1937 × 1135 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1851).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897

Español: Washington cruzando el Delaware

Un grupo de hombres de pie y sentados se apretuja en un bote de remos entre bloques de hielo flotantes, y una figura central sostiene en alto una bandera con estrellas y franjas. Una luz pálida atraviesa nubes oscuras sobre un río invernal, con más barcos y figuras al fondo.

Português: Washington atravessando o Delaware

Um grupo de homens em pé e sentados se aperta em um barco a remo entre blocos de gelo flutuantes, e uma figura central ergue uma bandeira com estrelas e listras. Uma luz pálida atravessa nuvens escuras sobre um rio invernal, com mais barcos e figuras ao fundo.

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