Description: At once collector, botanist, reader, artist, and patron, Agnes Block is best described as a cultural producer. This book seeks to write Block and her contributions into the art and cultural history of the seventeenth-century Netherlands, highlighting the need for and advantages of a multifaceted approach to research on early modern women.
Brief description: Dr. Catherine Powell-Warren is a postdoctoral research fellow in art history at Ghent University. Her research focuses on the role of early modern women of the Low Countries in the creation, production, and consumption of art and culture, with a special interest in networks and concepts of collaboration and community.
Review Quotes: Winner of the SSEMWG First Book Prize 2024.