Catharina Ykens
Flower garland with landscape
Catharina Ykens II (b. 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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