Emanuel Leutze’s 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' painting expected to fetch $20M at Christie’s Auctions

CAIRO – 24 April 2022: "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, which has been hung in the White House for decades, is expected to fetch $20 million when it goes up for auction next month at Christie's International Auctions in New York. 

This painting is the one of the most famous paintings in American history and is one of only two copies.

German-American painter Emanuel Leutze’s 1851 drawing of George Washington and the Continental Army crossing the Delaware River during the American Revolution has appeared in the history books of millions of students, as well as on stamps, and even in the New Jersey borough, according to Forbes.

The painting previously hung in the White House for about 35 years while on loan from millionaire industrialist Richard.

Clement Conger, longtime Secretary of State, described “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting as one of the "most important American paintings ever hung in the White House."

The 40-by-68-inch painting is a smaller version of the approximately 12-by-21-foot painting that hangs in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, where it is one of the most famous paintings in the collection.