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Jerónimo de Cevallos

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Jerónimo de Cevallos (1613) by El Greco. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

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

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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

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  1. ^ Gómez-Menor 1974, p. 188.
  2. ^ de Dios 2014, p. 454.
  3. ^ de Dios 2014, p. 443 y 567.
  4. ^ de Dios 2014, p. 567.
  5. ^ de Dios 2014, p. 456.
  6. ^ Homenaje a Don Andrés Bello. Editorial Jurídica de Chile-Editorial Andrés Bello. 1982. p. 517.

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