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Description: | Arnold John Hugh Smith was the Director of HambroÃ's bank, a committed francophile and a member of the Ãillustrious courtÃ' of Edith Wharton. On his death in 1964, the Fitzwilliam Museum received a number of pieces of undoubted significance through the Art Fund as part of his generous bequest.
These items included a small collection of sculpture and ceramics dating between 700 and 1400AD and allocated to the Applied Arts and Antiquities Departments of the museum. The collection included 14th century Persian bowls of pottery and alabaster, a French capital, circa 1180-1200, a limestone Romanesque capital of the 12th century, and a marble sculpture of a manÃ's head (ascribed to the Master of Cabestany, c.1150-1200). The highlight of this group was the important ÃSouthern SiameseÃ' sculpture Ã-Head of the Bodhisattva AvolkitesvaraÃ, constructed from shale before 800AD. This item represents the rare Srivijaya school of sculpture and is distinguished by having a small figure of a seated Dhyani Buddha in the head-dress.
A. J. Hugh Smith also bequeathed paintings to the museum collection, the most famous of which is undoubtably Ã-Apples and walnutsà by Pierre Auguste Renoir. The majority of the Hugh Smith paintings are thought to have been acquired before 1933. | Subjects: | Buddhism Fine arts Sculpture Ceramic art | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01223 332 923 | Telephone: | 01223 332 900 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8401 | Go to resource |
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