The man keeps on discovering great Old Masters and other works that build his fortune. The picture was previously owned by a Jewish dealer who survived a holocaust and started a famous auction house.
At first, Annie is not romantically interested in Jesse, but through the story, she gradually discovers his strengths. There is Jesse, the man who falls in love with Annie and helps her in her quest to discover the origin of the work. We also get to learn that Annie is a chef who’s recovering from a failed love relationship. Reading the story, we get to learn a lot about the restoration of the art and the scientific techniques used to determine its authenticity. We also learn how the picture passed through the hands of popes, kings, and emperors.Īdditionally, the reader also learns about the marks on the back of canvases, canvases, paints and the unhappy short life of the artist whose work Rothschild admires.Ī young woman named Annie buys the Improbability of Love art badly discolored by dirt, grease and the dirt of the decades from a junk store. The painting itself narrates some parts of the novel- and through chapters, we get to learn how the antiquity came to be and how a severe case of unreciprocated love inspired it. The Improbability of Love painting is revealed to be the work of an 18th-century French artists Watteau. Hannah Rothschild does a fantastic job in creating detailed descriptions of the art world. They are all described in details to help the readers understand each character and their motive as well. The Improbability of Love kicks off when preparations are underway for the auction of a highly priced-highly sought-after painting known as “The Improbability of Love.” The author introduces the readers to all different key bidders after this piece of artwork- the rap singer, the Russian tycoon, the American collector, government agents from France and Britain, etc. The story follows a female main character that finds a lost Watteau and becomes entangled in the trade of the art world’s elite. The author’s debut novel The Improbability of Love was released in 2015. Rothschild wrote a biography about her great-aunt Pannonica Keonigswarter titled The Baroness published in 2012 by Virago. Rothschild was born on 22nd Mau 1962 and attended St Hilda’s College in Oxford and St Paul’s Girls’ School in Marlborough.Īs a filmmaker, Hannah Rothschild has produced award-winning films for BBC and HBO.
She is also a philanthropist, a filmmaker and a member on the boards of different organizations.
Hannah Rothschild is a British author of biography, fiction and art novels.
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