Which painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington is at the Met?

The Met painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington is Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Leutze completed the famous oil painting in 1851 after working in Düsseldorf. It dramatizes Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolution on the night of December 25–26, 1776, before the Continental Army’s surprise attack on Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey.

The monumental canvas measures roughly 12 feet 5 inches by 21 feet 3 inches. Its grand scale, bright flag, and heroic composition helped make it one of the best-known images in American art. The Met acquired the work as a gift from John Stewart Kennedy in 1897, and it is displayed in the American Wing.

The scene is not a literal photographic record. Leutze arranged figures and details for dramatic effect, and historians note several historical inaccuracies, including the boat’s crowded, theatrical composition. The painting is also one of multiple versions: an earlier version was destroyed, while another is associated with the Washington Crossing Historic Park collection.