Catarina Ykens II
# Catarina Ykens II

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

She was born in Antwerp into a family of painters as the daughter of Johannes Ykens and his second wife Barbara Brekevelt. She was the sister of Peter Ykens. She apprenticed under her father and joined the Antwerp Guild in 1688. She became a Beguine and composed oil paintings. Her works often combined religious scenes with garlands of flowers.

## 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
