Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

A medallion portrait of the 17th-century nun, poet and scholar Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quill in hand at the heart of a fiery phoenix, ringed by her famous redondilla "Hombres necios" and surrounded by books, a lute and violin, and kindred learned women. A defender of women's right to study, she is remembered as an early advocate for women's education and a proto-feminist voice.