Bibliograph

The last painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith

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Label

The last painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-492)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The last painting of Sara de Vos

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

944339809

Responsibility statement

Dominic Smith

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print basic

Summary

Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos, the first female master painter in the Guild of St. Luke, defies convention by painting a haunting landscape. New York City, 1957: Her only known surviving work, At the Edge of a Wood hangs in the bedroom of a wealthy lawyer descended from the original owner. Ellie Shipley, a struggling art history student, paints a forgery for an art dealer. Sydney, 2000: Now a celebrated art historian and curator, Ellie mounts an exhibit of female Dutch painters and finds that both versions are en route to her museum

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