Catharina Ykens

Flower garland with landscape

Catharina Ykens II (born 1659) was a Flemish still life painter.

She was born in Antwerp in 1659, the daughter of Johannes Ykens and the sister of Peter Ykens, both painters.^[1] She apprenticed under her father and joined the Antwerp Guild in 1688.^[2] She became a Beguine and composed oil paintings.^[3] Her works often combined religious scenes with garlands of flowers.^[4]

Selected works

A swag of fruit hanging in a niche, with butterflies, beetles and a snail
Madonna and child encompassed by a garland of flowers
Flowers in a glass vase with a dragonfly on a ledge
Portrait of a gentleman in armour surrounded by festoons of fruit and flowers
Still life with flowers in copper vase and in basket

References

↑ Catharina Ykens in the RKD
↑ Golemba, Beverly E. (1992). "Catharina Ykens, aka Ijkens". Lesser-Known Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Boulder u.a.: Rienner. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-55587-301-1.
↑ Hairs, Marie-Louise; Finet, Dominique (1985). The Flemish flower painters in the XVIIth century. Lefebvre et Gillet. pp. 183, 286.
↑ Tufts, Eleanor (1973). Our Hidden Heritage: Five Centuries of Women Artists (2nd ed.). New York: Paddington Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8467-0026-5.

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[RKD-1] Catharina Ykens in the RKD

[2] Golemba, Beverly E. (1992). "Catharina Ykens, aka Ijkens". Lesser-Known Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Boulder u.a.: Rienner. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-55587-301-1.

[3] Hairs, Marie-Louise; Finet, Dominique (1985). The Flemish flower painters in the XVIIth century. Lefebvre et Gillet. pp. 183, 286.

[4] Tufts, Eleanor (1973). Our Hidden Heritage: Five Centuries of Women Artists (2nd ed.). New York: Paddington Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8467-0026-5.