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Italy, 1605: For the ruling Borgia family, Rome is a place of grand palazzos and frescoed cathedrals. For the lowly artist Caravaggio, it is a place of rough bars and knife fights, until he is commissioned to paint the Pope. Soon, Caravaggio has gained entry into the Borgia family's inner circle, and becomes the most celebrated artist in Rome.
But when he falls for a low-born fruit-seller, and paints her into his Madonna series, Italian society is outraged. Discredited, but unwilling to retract his vision of the woman he loves, Caravaggio is forced into a duel with a nobleman – with disastrous consequences…