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23-AUG-2014

Textile

We spent our last morning in Copenhagen at the Davids Samling museum, also known as The David Collection, to see their famed collection of Islamic art, the largest of its kind in Scandinavia and among the 10 most important in the Western world. I didn’t make notes so can’t identify most of the objects photographed, but it was truly an outstanding exhibition and beautifully displayed. More information can be found on the museum’s site http://www.davidmus.dk/en/collections/islamic

We made the decision to go to this museum since it was listed as the number one tourist attraction in Copenhagen by Tripadvisor, which I found sort of amazing since the city is full of interesting and beautiful places to visit. But indeed, it was worth the time if you’re a fan of museums and/or Islamic art, as we are. The museum also has collections of 18th century European art and Danish early modern art, but unfortunately we didn’t have time to see those.

Nikon D800 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/80s f/2.8 at 40.0mm iso6400 full exif

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Long Bach Nguyen13-Oct-2014 06:27
stunning
John Hamers08-Oct-2014 17:33
Wonderful vibrant colors in this image, beautiful pattern !!V
danad05-Oct-2014 08:34
Superb details and colors. V.
Ton T.04-Oct-2014 17:54
Amazing colours! V
Jim Coffman04-Oct-2014 16:39
You really captured the beauty of this very well.