The last painting of Sara de Vos
Smith, Dominic2016
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In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke's in Holland, the first woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain--a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the bed of a wealthy descendant of the original owner. An Australian grad student, Ellie Shipley, struggling to stay afloat in New York, agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape, a decision that will haunt her. Because now, half a century later, she's curating an exhibit of female Dutch painters, and both versions threaten to arrive. As the three threads intersect, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos mesmerizes while it grapples with the demands of the artistic life, showing how the deceits of the past can forge the present.
Main title:
The last painting of Sara de Vos / by Dominic Smith.
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Imprint:
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781743439951 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
314137
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