Jerónimo de Cevallos
Jerónimo de Cevallos (1560 - 22 July 1641[1][2]) was a Spanish jurist. He was the subject of El Greco's Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos in 1613.
Life
Born in Escalona, Toledo, he studied at the University of Valladolid and the University of Salamanca.[3] He worked as a lawyer in Toledo and in his birthplace.[4] He married in Toledo, where he also later died.
He published five books,[5] including Speculum practicarum et variarum quaestionum opinionum communium contra communes (1599).[6] According to several sources he was a friend and protector of Jorge Manuel, El Greco's son.
References
- ^ Gómez-Menor 1974, p. 188.
- ^ de Dios 2014, p. 454.
- ^ de Dios 2014, p. 443 y 567.
- ^ de Dios 2014, p. 567.
- ^ de Dios 2014, p. 456.
- ^ Homenaje a Don Andrés Bello. Editorial Jurídica de Chile-Editorial Andrés Bello. 1982. p. 517.
Bibliography
- de Dios, Salustiano (2014). El poder del monarca en la obra de los juristas castellanos (1480-1680) (in Spanish). Cuenca: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. ISBN 978-849044-152-7.
- Gómez-Menor, José (1974). "Nuevos datos biográficos sobre el licenciado Jerónimo de Cevallos". Anales toledanos (Diputación Provincial de Toledo) (in Spanish) (10): 187–193. ISSN 0538-1983. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
