In this episode, Columbo investigates a world renown painter who captures the soul of his subject in a work of art which can also be used to belie reality. While Columbo sits with the great Barsini for his own portrait, he unravels the tangled tale of an artist bent on revenge who will do anything to paint a picture of deception.

Co-stars Patrick Bauchau, Fionnula Flannagan, Shera Danese (Peter Falk‘s actual wife) and Isabel Lorca.