Frans Ykens

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Frans Ykens, Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase
Frans Ykens, Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase

Frans Ykens (Antwerp, 1601-Brussels, 1693), also spelled IJkens, was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialised in flower still lifes. He studied with his uncle Osias Beert and joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1630. Throughout his long career he adopted the styles of other still-life painters, including "breakfast" pieces (ontbijtjes) similar to Willem Claesz Heda, large sumptuous works indebted to Frans Snyders and Daniel Seghers-influenced devotional flower garlands. An example of the latter, the Madonna and Child surrounded by a Garland of Flowers, is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen.[1] Peter Paul Rubens owned six of Ykens's still lifes.

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  1. ^ Musée des Beaux-Arts (French)

[edit] References

  • Peter Mitchell, "Ykens [Eykens; Ijkens], Frans," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [November 8, 2007].
  • Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish art and architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300070381
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