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
[edit]Born in Escalona, Toledo, he studied at the University of Valladolid and the University of Salamanca.[3] He served as a lawyer in both Toledo and his hometown.[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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.
