Katharina Pepijn

Katharina Pepijn or Catharina Pepijn[1] (baptized on 13 February 1619, Antwerp - 12 November 1688, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter who was known for her history and portrait paintings.[2]

Life

Portrait of Norbertus van Couwerven, abbot of St Michael's

Very little is known about the life and training of Katharina Pepijn. She was the daughter of Marten Pepijn and Marie Huybrechts.[3] She likely trained with her father, a prominent painter in Antwerp.[4] In 1654 she became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a 'wijnmeester', i.e. the daughter of a master.[5]

Very little is known about her career. At the end of her life she was renting a house in a beguinage. She was ill and was taken care off by a nurse. After she died she was buried in the church, which is now Antwerp Cathedral.[6]

Work

Katharina Pepijn was known in her time as a history and portrait painter.[4]

Currently only two works are attributed to Katharina Pepijn. Both works are portraits of abbots of St. Michael's Abbey near Antwerp. Both works are oil on canvas paintings and were executed in the 1650s. They were originally kept at St. Michael's Abbey.[5] The earlier Portrait of Abbot Joannes Chrysostomus van der Sterren, abbot of St Michael's Abbey was made shortly after his death in 1652. Her portrait paintings are in the style of Rubens and van Dyck.[7]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Name variations: Kathelijn Pepyn, Kathelyn Pepijn, Kathelijn Pepijn, Kathelyn Pepyn
  2. ↑ Katharina Pepijn at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Marten Pepijn at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
  4. 1 2 Catharina Pepyn, Marten’s dochter, in: Album der St.-Lukasgilde : uitgegeven op last harer letterkundige afdeeling de violieren, Antwerpen : J.-E. Buschmann (1855) p. 56 (Dutch)
  5. 1 2 Catharina Pepijn in: Franz Jozef Peter van den Branden, Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilder-school, Part 1, Buschmann, 1883, p. 477 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Katlijne Van Der Stighelen, Mirjam Westen, Maaike Meijer, A chacun sa grace: Femmes artistes en Belgique et au Pays-Bas 1500-1950, Ludion, 1999, p. 170 (French)
  7. ↑ Ursula Härting. "Pepyn, Maarten." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 16 Mar. 2015
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