Guda

Guda was a 12th century nun and illuminator. She created a self-portrait in an initial letter in a Homeliary (now in the Frankfurt am Main, Staatsbibliothek). Along with her self-portrait, she wrote an inscription, "Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book."

Scholars today credit Nun Guda with being on of the first women in western civilization to create a signed, self-portrait.

References

Gaze, Delia (1997). Dictionary of women artists. 1. Taylor & Francis. pp. 9, 22. ISBN 9781884964213.