EMANUEL LEUTZE : The Truth Behind the American Icon

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How a revolutionary painter trying to inspire the German people by painting an American example for them to follow, managed to accidently create the most iconic American image.

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09lCfna9S_w

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)
Gallery 760

"Washington Crossing the Delaware "

by Emanuel Leutze

Washington Crossing the Delaware (Emanuel Leutze)