Artist

Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay

Portrait of Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay

French, 1828–1915

Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay was a French Realism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art.

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.

Collections represented

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