George Washington stands in a crowded boat crossing an icy river.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public Domain

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Emanuel Leutze · 1851

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York

Why it stays

A national story is staged as a precarious collective movement across water.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Water, danger, and a group caught inside a decisive crossing.

Europa is carried into the water on a white bull as companions react from shore.

Painting

The Abduction of Europa

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn · 1632

J. Paul Getty Museum