In the winter of 1561, Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner, it occurs to her that their journey to this lonely place has a sinister purpose : he intends to kill her. The Marriage Portrait is the story of a singular young woman who must battle for survival amidst the splendour and treachery of the Italian Renaissance.
In the winter of 1561, Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner, it occurs to her that their journey to this lonely place has a sinister purpose : he intends to kill her. The Marriage Portrait is the story of a singular young woman who must battle for survival amidst the splendour and treachery of the Italian Renaissance.