Lisbeth is the daughter of Master Niklaus. Like several other wealthy young women Goldmund encounters, she is beautiful but seems inaccessible. She is polite to him, yet shows no romantic interest in him, despite his handsomeness. Even so, after Goldmund's becomes a master artist and Niklaus suggests that he could eventually take over the business, this offer carries with it the implication that he would marry Lisbeth. She agrees, yet without apparent emotion one way or the other. Later in the book, after the plague has swept the land and Master Niklaus has died, Goldmund visits Lisbeth, who is now bent over, withered and yellowed by disease. She dismisses his offer of help and closes the door in his face, proud to the end.
