W13 Emmanuel Leutze

Emmanuel Leutze. Portrait of The Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz. 1842

Emmanuel Leutze. Portrait of The Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz. 1842. Oil on canvas, 3T x 53 1/2". Signed LR. This painting was reproduced on the $2 Columbian Exposition stamp issued in 1892. It has been on loan and exhibited in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the State Department in Washington, D.C. for the past fifteen years. Prior to that, it was exhibited at the Smithsonian.