Juan Gómez de Mora

[1] Spanish art historian Virginia Tovar Martín has published scholarly works on Gómez de Mora.

His father, also Juan Gómez [es],[1] was a Spanish Renaissance court painter to Philip II of Spain and was brother-in-law of the architect Francisco de Mora.

Gómez de Mora would later oversee the construction of a number of buildings designed by his uncle.

After the death of his uncle in 1610, and at the age of 24, he was appointed master builder of the Alcazar of Madrid, as well as architect of Philip III.

In Zamora he is the author of the Hospital de la Encarnación, the current headquarters of the Provincial Council.