Bas-Relief, Colossal, at Palenque, Mexico
Artist
Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay
(French, 1828 - 1915)
Date1860
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 5/8 × 16 1/8 inches (27 × 40.97 cm)
Mount: 21 3/8 × 27 5/8 inches (54.31 × 70.18 cm)
Mount: 21 3/8 × 27 5/8 inches (54.31 × 70.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.43.1
Signednone
InscribedLabel attached to mount recto, lower left, in black type: "Charnay, photogr. Pl.20. Gide, éditeur, Paris. / BAS-RELIEF COLOSSAL, A PALENQUE / CÔTÉ DROIT DE LA COUR DU PALAIS”
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "377";
On mount verso, top, in pencil: "957" [circled];
On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "301404"
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DescriptionDetail image of bas-relief designs from Mayan complex of Palenque in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas. Image of this relief sculpture found at the site depicts head and upper body in profile.
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Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay
1860; printed ca. 1862
2016.75.29
