A tale of art, beauty, lust, greed, deception and retribution -- set in a refined society ablaze with Tulip Fever. In 1630s amsterdam, tulipomania has seized the populace. Everywhere men are seduced by the fantastic exot...A tale of art, beauty, lust, greed, deception and retribution -- set in a refined society ablaze with Tulip Fever. In 1630s amsterdam, tulipomania has seized the populace. Everywhere men are seduced by the fantastic exotic flower. But for wealthy merchant cornelis sandvoort, it is his young and beautiful wife, sophia, who stirs his soul.