French · 1828–1915
Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay
Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries.
![[Family Group], Désiré Charnay, 1863](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP356050.jpg)
[Family Group]
1863 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Resten van het Gouverneurspaleis in Uxmal, Mexico
1857 · Rijksmuseum
Resten van het Gouverneurspaleis in Uxmal, Mexico (linkerdeel)
1857 · Rijksmuseum
Resten van het Gouverneurspaleis in Uxmal, Mexico (rechterdeel)
1857 · Rijksmuseum
Palais des Nonnes, Chichen-Itza: Façade principale (Palace of the Nuns, Chichen-Itza: Main Facade)
1859–1861 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3)
1863 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30)
1863 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28)
1863 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art
Exterieur van een Hollands huis te Batavia
1878 · Rijksmuseum
![[Portrait of Two Birdsellers], Désiré Charnay, about 1858](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/40444af6-12bb-457f-b5ae-c68b5bdd7bca/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
[Portrait of Two Birdsellers]
about 1858 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
Palais Du Cirque à Chichen-Itza, Intérieur d'une salle
1859 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
Palace of the Nuns at Uxmal (detail from the façade of the snake)
c. 1860 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Palace of the Circus at Chicen-Itza (bas relief of tigers)
c. 1860 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Uxmal, Indian Bas Relief, Nun's Palace (Uxmal, Bas Relief de l'Indien, Palais des Nonnes), plate 44 from the album "Cités et Ruines Américaines, Gide Paris" (1863)
1860 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago
The Nunnery, Uxmal
1860 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Palais des Nonnes, a Uxmal, detail de la facade de la couleuvre
1860–1862 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
Grand Palacio, Mitla
about 1860 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
Chichén-Itzá: Right Wing of the Nun's Palace
1860 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
![[Façade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal], Désiré Charnay, 1860](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/8084137b-1fb3-41f9-8346-3e694e3161d6/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
[Façade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal]
1860 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
Palais du Cirque, a Chichen-Itza. Bas-relief des tigres
about 1860 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
Pyramide Artificielle, a Mitla, Anciennement surmontee d'un temple
1862–1863 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum
![[Group of Betsimisaraka women], Désiré Charnay, 1863](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/fa6b4baa-d997-468e-9ad1-b2a732728cf0/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
[Group of Betsimisaraka women]
1863 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum