The painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” is expected to be auctioned in May.
The famous painting is expected to fetch up to $20 million.
Only three of the Washington Crossing the Delaware paintings exist. One will be auctioned off, another was destroyed in World War I, and the other is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the American Wing.
The 1851 oil painting was made by Emanuel Leutze who captured America’s first president leading troops during the American Revolution, according to CNN.
In 2018, a conservative artist, Jon McNaughton, paid tribute to the iconic painting by depicting Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, press secretary Sarah Sanders and other members of the Trump administration rowing on water, according to ABC News.
McNaughton titled the painful Crossing the Swamp as a nod to Trump campaign speeches describing Washington DC as a ‘swamp’
In the original painting, Leutze showed Washington attempting to carry out a surprise act on a Hessian garrison of regarding 1,400 soldiers, according to Fox News.
The artist deliberately showed a variety of people who represented the melting pot in the United States.
Viewers will be able to see a black soldier, a soldier wearing a Scottish bonnet, moccasins and buckskin clothing suggesting a nod to Native Americans.
The painting to be auctioned hung in the West Wing of the White House from the 1970s to 2014, according to Fox News.
The table that will be given is a reduced version of that of the Met.
The famous museum has a painting measuring 12.4 x 21.25 feet while the one hanging in the White House measures 3 x 6 feet according to CNN.
A re-enactment of this famous moment takes place every year and draws crowds to the Washington River in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
In 2021, the comedy celebrated its 241st anniversary.
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