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

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.