Quattrocento: A Novel

Matt O'brien Has A Quiet Life; A Painting Restorer With A Particular Love Of The Quattrocento Period Of The Italian Renaissance, He Toils Away Millimeter By Millimeter, Bringing Old Oils To New Light. But One Day He Happens Upon A Painting In The Basement Of The Metropolitan Museum That Is Thick With Centuries Of Yellowed Varnish And Dust. As He Uncovers The Portrait Of A Mysterious, Beautiful Woman, He Finds Himself Suffering From An Urgent Sense Deja Vu Coupled With The Pain Of Falling In Love With A Person Long Dead.--jacket. James Mckean.