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Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark - August 2023
Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark - August 2023
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Detail from the central station in Copenhagen, inaugurated in 1911 (replacing an older station).
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Detail of a lion from the Ishtar gate, the eighth city gate of the ancient city of Babylon, constructed in 575 B.C. on orders from the king Nebuchadnezzar II. Parts of this gate can be found in museums all over the world, and this one is in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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At Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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The legend of the princess Europa being abducted by the god Zeus in the shape of a bull depicted on a Roman floor mosaic dating to the first century A.D.
Now on display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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This Roman statue at Carlsberg Ny Glyptotek, Copenhagen, depicts a flamen - a priest in Roman religion and a post which was a high honour to be chosen to (these priests were elected and they were from the highest ranks of Roman society). This role was more political than we normally associate with religious roles, and another difference (from many modern religions) were that the flamen had to be married. He was even supposed to step down from his position if his wife died during his term of service.
The head is a portrait of Antoninus Pius and NOT the original of the statue, but put there by a(n overly) creative restorer in more modern times - from the Renaissance up until circa the 19th century, it was very popular to complete found Roman (and Greek) statues which were missing limbs with newly made ones (hopefully in the right position, but much was pure guesswork) or found fragments from other statues from roughly the same period. No matter how little they had to do with the original statue, as in this case.
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At Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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This little calcite figurine of an hippopotamus from Egypt is 5 000 years old.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
- @ The Little Mermaid (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Leica SL2
- Noctilux-M 1:1/50 (E58)
- Leica M-Adapter L
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Tiny Ancient Egyptian bronze sculpture of a cat sitting prettily - and with quite a grin on its face.
- @ Nyhavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Leica SL2
- Sigma 105mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
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The Egyptian god of embalming, Anubis - famous for his jackal-head - in two versions. The small one is made of bronze and (probably) dates to the 26th century, while the larger one is made of the stone diorite and dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, his name can be read on the piece (this pharaoh is perhaps most famous for being the father of Akhenaten - he reigned in the 18th dynasty). So even though these two statues are very, very similar, they are actually some 800 years apart.
Now on display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
