Paintings Mentioned In The Art Forger: Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli

               In B.A Shapiro's novel, The Art Forger, Claire comes across one of Edgar Degas popular works of art, Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli. She comes across this painting while she was in a museum and she begins to appreciate his work and analyze it. She breaks down the painting when she said "...his solemn brother-in-law dominates the image while Degas' sister is smaller, slighter, sadder. Yet the way she touches her husband's shoulder, the way she leans into him, shows that she's not saddened by him, but along with him." She also states that she is touched and in awe of Degas artful use of asymmetry to catch the viewer off guard according to page seventy-two of The Art Forger.