History of the emblem of the patriotism of the painting «Washington crossing the Delaware»
This picture, painted in the late 1840s, he became a real discovery in American art. Dozens of artists had to draw it. At various exhibitions the painting was awarded gold medals. There was a poet who even wrote an ode to the painting. Art historian Barbara Groseclose no wonder he considers the creation of Emanuel leutze the most important emblem of American patriotism. The painting depicts a watershed event in…