Palais des Nonnes, Chichen-Itza: Façade principale (Palace of the Nuns, Chichen-Itza: Main Facade)
1859–1861
Artist, French, 1828 - 1915
Désiré Charnay
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 32.8 × 43.2 cm (12 15/16 × 17 in.)
mount: 46.1 × 60 cm (18 1/8 × 23 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.92.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Henri Général Baron Berge [1828–1926], France, c. 1900. Pierre-Marc Richard, France; (Serge Kakou, Paris, France), 2011; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on label affixed to mount, below lower left of image, in black ink: Charnay, photogr. Pl. 30. Gide, Éditeur, Paris. / PALAIS DES NONNES, A CHICHEN-ITZA / FAÇADE PRINCIPALE; by unknown hnad, lower left corner of mount ingraphite: 165; on label affixed to verso, center, in black ink: Bibliotheque de la Malle / Saint-Brice-Courcelles / (MARNE) / Le général / Bon Berge