CESPEDES (in Ital. CEDASPE), PABLO DE (1538-1608), Spanish poet, painter, sculptor and architect, was born at Cordova and educated at Alcala de Henares, where he studied theology and oriental languages. On leaving the university he went to Rome, where he became the pupil and friend of Federigo Zuc caro, under whose direction he studied particularly the works of Raphael and Michelangelo. In 1560, while he was yet in Rome, proceedings were taken against him by the Inquisition at Val ladolid, but they were dropped. He returned to Spain a little before 1577 and received a prebend of the cathedral at Cordova, where he resided till his death. Cristobal de Vera, Juan de Penalosa and Zambrano were among his pupils. His best picture is a "Last Supper" at Cordova, but there are good examples of his work at Seville and at Madrid. Cespedes was author of several opuscules in prose on subjects connected with his profession. His poem on "The Art of Painting," partly preserved by Pacheco, is esteemed the best didactic verse in Spanish. It contains a glowing eulogy of Michelangelo. The few remaining fragments were first printed by Pacheco in his treatise Del arte de la pintura, in 1649.