Gabriel de la Corte

Still-Life of Flowers in a Woven Basket by Gabriel de la Corte, private collection

Grotesques with Flowers (Roses and Tulips), Museo Nacional del Prado

Gabriel de la Corte (1648 – 6 August 1694) was a Spanish painter with little success who lived in poverty,^[1] specializing in the painting of vases, baskets, garlands and signboards, that he had learned to paint without help of any teacher. The painting of flowers acquired a prestigious category during the last decades of the 17th century, taking such a distinguished position away from the painting of fruits and, above all, grapes, that was very fashionable during the first years of the six hundreds. In this context Gabriel was selling his works “on account of the necessity”, at a very low price, and some of the Madrid painters of that time charged him with the job of helping them in their minor works.

Works

• Stil-Life of Flowers in a Woven Basket, private collection
• Two paintings of the Vase of Flowers
• Flowers in a Basket (1680s)
• Two paintings of Grotesques with Flowers (1690), Museo del Prado

References

1. "Life of Gabriel de la Corte". Retrieved 2012-08-06.

• This stub has been created on the basis of a public article from josedelamano art sources

External links

• Biography at the Musel del Prado online encyclopedia (Spanish)