Das Marmorbild

Josef Freiherr von Eichendorff

In Eichendorff’s Romantic novella, the young nobleman Florio arrives in Lucca and meets the singer Fortunato, Bianka, and the enigmatic knight Donati. A marble statue of Venus and a mysterious lady draw him into a world where dream and reality blur. The poetic tale explores longing, temptation, and the search for inner direction.