Frans Ykens

1601–1693 · Baroque

Frans Ykens was a Flemish still life painter active in Antwerp and Brussels in the 17th century. He is mainly known for his flower pieces and fruit still lifes and also painted banquet pieces, pronkstillevens, garland paintings and larger game pieces.

19 paintings

• Fruit basket and dead poultry (1650)
• A Garland of Flowers surrounding a Medallion of the Virgin and Child (1650)
• Floral decorations around a niche with St Joseph and the Christ Child (1650)
• Heilige Familie omgeven door bloemenguirlandes. (1652)
• Still life of Flowers and Fruit (1650)
• Still life with shrimp, ramps, flowers and a glass vase (1650)
• Flower Garland around an Allegory of the Vanity of Human Life (1650)
• Madonna and Child, seated beneath red drapery inside a stone niche, surrounded by a garland of flowers (1645)
• Still life of roses, tulips, narcissus and other flowers in a glass vase (1650)
• A vase with flowers, a basket of fruit and two dead birds on a wooden ledge (1650)
• Garland of flowers, fruits and vegetables surrounding a landscape with a river god (1660)
• Garland as a frame around The Holy Family (1683)
• Still life with bread, nuts and lemons (1636)
• Flower Wreath with the Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine (1660)
• The Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus in a wreath of flowers and fruits (1654)
• Holy Family in a Wreath of Flowers (1636)
• Christ at the column, in a garland of flowers (1650)
• Pantry (1646)
• PBanquet still life (1646)