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Soldiers Fighting by Emanuel Leutze

Soldiers Fighting

Emanuel Leutze · 1816

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Artist
Emanuel Leutze
Date
1816
Medium
Graphite on buff-colored wove paper with gilt edges
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
10 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (26.4 x 35.9 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1990
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Emanuel Leutze

Emanuel Leutze was a German-born American history painter, best known for his iconic 1851 painting, "Washington Crossing the Delaware."

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