{"id":136010,"date":"2025-06-23T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=136010"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:17:30","slug":"catharina-ykens-ii","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/the-collection\/catharina-ykens-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Catharina Ykens II"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong>Catharina Ykens II<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Two Still Lifes with Flowers<\/em>, c. 1687-1688?<br \/>\nInventory number: 0260NMK<br \/>\nOil on panel, 23,2 x 17,2 cm<br \/>\nAcquired with funds from the Augustinus Foundation and Sportgoodsfonden, 2025<br \/>\nFind the pendant painting <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/the-collection\/catharina-ykens-ii-2\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Catharina Ykens II was born into a family of artists in Antwerp. The addition \u201cfilia devot\u201d after her signature indicates that she was an unmarried woman affiliated with the Church, although<br \/>\nnot a nun. Today, up to six paintings by Ykens II are known, including these two pendants. Female Baroque painters in the Netherlands often specialized in still lifes with flowers and fruit<br \/>\n\u2013 here, the Chinese porcelain vases hold roses, lily of the valley, auriculas, double narcissus, honeysuckle, hyacinths, orange blossoms, jasmine, and nasturtiums.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catharina Ykens II (1659\u2013after 1689)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Catharina Ykens II was born into an artist family in Antwerp. Her father, uncle, and brother were all painters, and Ykens II\u2019s own profession was likewise recorded as painter. The addition <em>\u201cfilia devot\u201d<\/em> after her name in the paintings\u2019 inscriptions indicates that she was likely affiliated with a pious order, although without being a nun. In the Netherlands, many unmarried women at the time lived as so-called <em>beguines<\/em>. Beguine communities allowed women to engage in charitable work, gain access to education, and to some extent express themselves creatively as, among other things, writers, composers, and artists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CATHARINA YKENS II<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Two Still Life with Flowers, <\/em>c. 1687-1688?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":134274,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[49,198],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-136010","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-barok","7":"product_cat-barok-en","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/136010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=136010"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=136010"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=136010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}