Tulip Fever (15)

Orphan Sophia is raised by the nuns of St Ursula in mid-17th century Amsterdam at a time when the most precious and widely traded commodity is tulip bulbs. She reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from wealthy merchant Cornelis Sandvoort, who will pay safe passage for Sophia’s relatives to live in New Amsterdam in exchange for a male heir. Cornelis commissions local artist Jan van Loos to paint a portrait of his blissful union and the painter falls deliriously under the spell of virginal Sophie.