The Marquis of Winchcombe, an inveterate cynic and rake, was proud of the fact that he was able to experience only one pure feeling - love of art. Could he even have suspected that a chance meeting with young blond Lucia, passionately begging him, a fabulously wealthy patron of the arts, to save a talented but unrecognized artist from starvation, would turn his love for art - simply into Love, passionate, tender, all-consuming, overcoming any obstacles ?..