La firma de Zurbarán: uso y abuso de títulos cortesanos de pintores del siglo XVII en España.

This article raises the veracity of a series of records related to supposed courtly offices for painters at the court in Madrid, about which there is no clear reference in the documentation related to the palace administration. However, other indirect documents are known to suggest that such offices existed at least as honorary titles. In any case, it is known that they were used, even if fraudulently or abusively. These offices or honorary titles are those of court painter appointed to the Prince, to the Infant and a second court painter appointed to the King. This paper deals with several examples of these cases concerning the painters Pedro Carvajal, Francisco Ginete, López Polanco, Gómez de la Hermosa, Antonio Rizi, Francisco Rizi and Isidoro Arredondo. Based on the analysis of the documents reporting the use of these titles, the hypothesis is presented that the artists in question made a legitimate use of them.