Biography

Jessica N. Richardson’s (PhD, The Courtuald Institute of Art, 2007) research focuses on the art of late medieval Italy. Her publications include articles on trecento painting and on sculptural projects in twelfth-century southern Italy. She was a Research Associate at CASVA (2008-2012), where she worked on the critical edition of the first part of Malvasia’s Felsina pittrice (1678), which treats painting in late medieval Bologna (forthcoming, 2012). She is currently editing, together with Lorenzo Pericolo, the bookRemembering the Middle in Early Modern Italy (forthcoming 2013), where she is also contributing an essay entitled “Monumental Medieval Stone Crosses in Early Modern Bologna.”

Project Summary

This project focuses on late-medieval Bolognese images credited with miracles, described and drawn in the early seventeenth century by Francesco Cavazzoni. It contextualizes these objects from the period of their creation to their special status, and seeks to contribute to our wider understanding of the pre-history, aesthetics, and typology of the miraculous image.