![]() ![]() This is a novel of love and longing, of authenticity and ethical shadows, and, most importantly, of art as alchemy, the way that it can turn grief into profound beauty. From afar, this novel is so beautiful, the prose so clear and vivid, that it seems effortless on closer examination, one sees the rich thematic palette Dominic Smith has used. “ The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is a story told in layers of light. “A riveting tale of art theft… suspenseful story of one painting’s rippling impact on three people over multiple centuries and locations.” Both versions of At the Edge of a Wood by Sara de Vos are en route to her museum, threatening to unravel her life and reputation. ![]() Half a century later, she's a prominent curator back home in Sydney, mounting an exhibition of female Dutch painters of the Golden Age. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is a story told in layers of light. ![]() Meanwhile, in the grungier reaches of Brooklyn, an Australian art history grad student struggling to stay afloat in New York agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape for a dubious art dealer. It hangs in the bedroom of a Park Avenue coop of a wealthy Manhattanite, a descendant of the original owner. ![]() Three hundred years later, At the Edge of a Wood, her haunting winter scene of a girl watching skaters at dusk, is her only surviving work. In 1631, Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. ![]()
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