Marie-Éléonore Godefroid: Novella d'Andrea
The subject of the painting, Novella d'Andrea (born in 1312), was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law at the University of Bologna.
As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea, professor in Canon law at the University of Bologna, she was educated by her father and reportedly took over his lectures at the university during his absence. According to Christine de Pisan, she talked to the students through a curtain so they would not be distracted by her beauty. Her sister, Bettina d'Andrea, is reported to have taught law and philosophy at the university at Padua, where her husband Giovanni Da Sangiorgio was also employed, until her death in 1335. A family of unusually accomplished women, for the 14th century.
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