Jerónimo de Cevallos
Jerónimo de Cevallos (1560 - 22 July 1641) 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. He worked as a lawyer in Toledo and in his birthplace. He married in Toledo, where he also later died. He published five books, including "Speculum practicarum et variarum quaestionum opinionum communium contra communes" (1599). According to several sources he was a friend and protector of Jorge Manuel, El Greco's son. Jerónimo de