Emanuel Gottlieb LeutzeAmerican, 1816–1868Horse
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Horse” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2015.19.291
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
The whole life1845–1859
A resource for Americans in Düsseldorf
For visiting Americans he is a real resource: he finds them places to live and work, provides introductions, and gives them emotional and even financial support. For many years he is president of the Düsseldorf Artists’ Association.
1859
Returns to the United States; a studio in New York
Returns to the United States, opens a studio in New York City and divides his time between New York and Washington, D.C.
1860
Congress commissions the decoration of a Capitol stairway
The U.S. Congress commissions him to decorate a stairway in the Capitol in Washington, for which he paints the large composition “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way”, also known as “Westward Ho!”.
1868
Unfinished “Emancipation of the Slaves”
At the time of his death from heat stroke in Washington at the age of 52, the painting “The Emancipation of the Slaves” was in preparation; he is interred at Glenwood Cemetery. Late in life he had become a member of the National Academy of Design and of the Union League Club of New York.
18 July 1868
Died
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
