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.

• Acknowledgements, List of Figures and Photographic Credits, Introduction, Chapter 1. Vijverhof and the Pursuit of Nature, Chapter 2. Vijverhof in Context, Chapter 3. Vijverhof as a Space of Knowledge Creation, Exchange, and Relationships, Chapter 4. Becoming Flora Batava, Chapter 5. Flora Batava in Context, Chapter 6. The Bloemenboek and Block's Watercolours: Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and Science, Chapter 7. The Bloemenboek as a Meeting Place and Visual Manifestation of Agnes Block's Artistic Network, Appendix A, Bibliography

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.

• Acknowledgements, List of Figures and Photographic Credits, Introduction, Chapter 1. Vijverhof and the Pursuit of Nature, Chapter 2. Vijverhof in Context, Chapter 3. Vijverhof as a Space of Knowledge Creation, Exchange, and Relationships, Chapter 4. Becoming Flora Batava, Chapter 5. Flora Batava in Context, Chapter 6. The Bloemenboek and Block's Watercolours: Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and Science, Chapter 7. The Bloemenboek as a Meeting Place and Visual Manifestation of Agnes Block's Artistic Network, Appendix A, Bibliography

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.

• Acknowledgements, List of Figures and Photographic Credits, Introduction, Chapter 1. Vijverhof and the Pursuit of Nature, Chapter 2. Vijverhof in Context, Chapter 3. Vijverhof as a Space of Knowledge Creation, Exchange, and Relationships, Chapter 4. Becoming Flora Batava, Chapter 5. Flora Batava in Context, Chapter 6. The Bloemenboek and Block's Watercolours: Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and Science, Chapter 7. The Bloemenboek as a Meeting Place and Visual Manifestation of Agnes Block's Artistic Network, Appendix A, Bibliography