Leutze, << LOYT suh, >> Emanuel Gottlieb (1816-1868), gained fame as a painter of American historical subjects. His best-known painting is Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851), which he painted in Germany, using the Rhine as a model for the Delaware. In 1860, Congress commissioned him to paint a mural for the United States Capitol, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way. Leutze was born on May 24, 1816, at Gmund, Germany. In 1859, he settled in New York City. He died on July 18, 1868.
