BotticelliтАЩs Muse peels back layers of history to tell a fictionalized version of the life of Sandro Botticelli, his conflicts with the Medici family of Florence, and the woman at the heart of his paintings. In 1477, Botticelli is suddenly fired by his prestigious patron and friend Lorenzo deтАЩ Medici. In the villa of his irritating new patron, the artistтАЩs creative well runs dryтАФuntil the day he sees Floriana, a Jewish weaver imprisoned in his sisterтАЩs convent. But events threaten to keep his unlikely muse out of reach. So begins a tale of one of the art worldтАЩs most beloved paintings, La Primavera, as Sandro, a confirmed bachelor, and Floriana, a headstrong artist in her own right, enter into a turbulent relationship.