Biography

Flemish still-life painter, the daughter of Johannes Ykens and the sister of Peter Ykens, both painters. 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.

The works of Catharina Ykens II are sometimes confused with Catarina Ykens-Floquet, who was born in Antwerp as the daughter of Lucas Floquet, and married the painter Frans Ykens in 1635. She was also a still-life painter.