▁pover ty , ▁special izing ▁in ▁the ▁painting ▁of ▁v ases , ▁b ask ets , ▁gar lands ▁and ▁sign boards , ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁learned ▁to ▁paint ▁without ▁help ▁of ▁any ▁teacher . ▁The ▁painting ▁of ▁flowers ▁acquired ▁a ▁pr estig ious ▁category ▁during ▁the ▁last ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁taking ▁such ▁a ▁distinguished ▁position ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁painting ▁of ▁f ruits ▁and , ▁above ▁all , ▁g rap es , ▁that ▁was ▁very ▁fashion able ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁hundreds . ▁In ▁this ▁context ▁Gabriel ▁was ▁s elling ▁his ▁works ▁“ on ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁necessity ”, ▁at ▁a ▁very ▁low ▁price , ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Madrid ▁pain ters ▁of ▁that ▁time ▁charged ▁him ▁with ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁helping ▁them ▁in ▁their ▁minor ▁works . ▁ ▁Works ▁St il - Life ▁of ▁Flow ers ▁in ▁a ▁W oven ▁B asket , ▁private ▁collection ▁Two ▁paint ings ▁of ▁the ▁V ase ▁of ▁Flow ers ▁Flow ers ▁in ▁a ▁B asket ▁( 1 6 8 0 s ) ▁Two ▁paint ings ▁of ▁Gro tes ques ▁with ▁Flow ers ▁( 1 6 9 0 ), ▁Museo ▁del ▁Pr ado ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁This ▁stub ▁has ▁been ▁created ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁a ▁public ▁article ▁from ▁▁ ▁j osed el am ano ▁art ▁sources ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Biography ▁at ▁the ▁Mus el ▁del ▁Pr ado ▁online ▁en cyc lopedia ▁▁ ▁Category : Span ish ▁b ode g ón ▁pain ters ▁Category : 1 7