When it becomes apparent that both the original At the Edge of a Wood and her forgery are en route to her museum, the life she has carefully constructed threatens to unravel entirely and irrevocably. Sydney, 2000: Now a celebrated art historian and curator, Ellie Shipley is mounting an exhibition in her field of specialization: female painters of the Dutch Golden Age. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel Hardcover Apby Dominic Smith (Author) 1,816 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 13.84 15 Used from 13.54 2 New from 31.55 Paperback 22.50 19 Used from 13. When a struggling art history grad student, Ellie Shipley, agrees to forge the painting for a dubious art dealer, she finds herself entangled with its owner in ways no one could predict. The lawyer’s marriage is prominent but comfortless, too.

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New York City, 1957: The only known surviving work of Sara de Vos, At the Edge of a Wood, hangs in the bedroom of a wealthy Manhattan lawyer, Marty de Groot, a descendant of the original owner. Januarys Brown Bag Book Club meeting has been rescheduled to February 7th. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city’s Guild of St.

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