The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber

Author:Michael Gruber [Gruber, Michael]
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-04-12T11:16:45.488000+00:00

I agreed it would be fine, but that it was like wishing you could swim like a fish or fly like a bird, a useless desire, and then his eyes heated up and he said, “Not at all.”

He pointed to the portrait. “Do you think that man would ever think of allowing his swineherds and scullery maids into his gallery to gawp at his Venus and Cupid?

I laughed and said, “Probably not, but he’s long dead; things have changed.”

“Not as much as you think, perhaps,” he said. “There are still men like that, and I am obviously one of them, because this picture will never hang in a museum. As for the others, let’s say that they are men of great wealth, power, and discrimination, with private collections of which the world knows nothing. These are the men I deal with, Wilmot, and I assure you it is very profitable to do so.”

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