Agnes Block
ARTISTAgnes, or Agneta Block was a Dutch art collector and horticulturalist. She is most remembered as the compiler of an album of flower and insect paintings and as one of the first Europeans to successfully cultivate and fruit the pineapple outside of its native habitat. She bore the nickname "Flora Batava," referencing the goddess of flowers and her Dutch identity. She is often lost to history because of the misspelling of her name. As well as differences in her first name, her last name was also spelled interchangeably as Block or Blok.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Agnes Block (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Agnes Block, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by Agnes Block (Dutch, 1629–1704) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Agnes, or Agneta Block was a Dutch art collector and horticulturalist. She is most remembered as the compiler of an album of flower and insect paintings and as one of the first Europeans to successfully cultivate and fruit the pineapple outside of its native habitat. She bore the nickname "Flora Batava," referencing the goddess of flowers and her Dutch identity. She is often lost to history because of the misspelling of her name. As well as differences in her first name, her last name was also spelled interchangeably as Block or Blok.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Agnes Block's work on the site falls under Drawings (1).
Culture: Dutch (1).
By orientation: 1 portrait.
Other Dutch artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Rembrandt van Rijn — 1,256 artworks
- Jan Luyken — 939 artworks
- Adriaen van Ostade — 435 artworks
- Allaert van Everdingen — 348 artworks
- Herman van Swanevelt — 329 artworks
- Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem — 243 artworks
- Gesina ter Borch — 201 artworks
- Jan de Bisschop — 197 artworks
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