I året 1765 indleder en malerinde, hertugens hustru og hans myndling et erotisk og frigørende forhold. I sidste ende kan deres passion ikke skjules i maleriet hertugen har bestilt.

It’s 1765. A woman painter, a dutchess, and the dukes young ward initiate an erotic and liberating relationship. However, their passion cannot but manifest in the painting the duke has commissioned.