Juan Mateos (courtier)

Juan Mateos
Cover of Origen y dignidad de la caça with a portrait of Mateos by Pedro Perete, Madrid, 1634, National Library of Spain.
Born1575 (1575)
Villanueva del Fresno
Died15 August 1643(1643-08-15) (aged 68)
Madrid
NationalityKingdom of Spain
Notable workOrigen y dignidad de la caça
SpouseMaría Marquart
FatherGonzalo Mateos

Juan Mateos (c. 1575 – 15 August 1643) was a horseback hunter and the principal arbalist of Philip IV of Spain. In 1634, he authored Origen y dignidad de la caça (Origin and Dignity of Hunting), a hunting treatise dedicated to the Count-Duke of Olivares. In his dedication he said, "I write solely what I have done, and what I have seen; and what I have seen, do." (Spanish: yo eſcrivo ſolamente lo que he hecho, y lo que he viſto; y lo que he viſto hazer.)[1]

  1. ^ "Origen y dignidad de la caça, "Al Exmo. Señor Conde Dvqve"" (in Spanish) – via Biblioteca Nacional de España.