Pierre,a marquis ,is madly in love with his dear wife Jeanne whose picture he is painting; one day ,while hunting in the woods, the husband accidentally kills his beloved one .He's desperate and wants to finish the portrait ;he uses other models ,but none of them can touch the late woman's beauty.Six months later ,he meets Madeleine who resembles his dear departed ;it's not long before she understands her rival is a picture and she tries more and more to look like Jeanne .