Several dwarfs over the course of history were employed as court dwarfs. They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered as gifts to fellow kings and queens.
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Diego Velázquez – El bufón el Primo (Museo del Prado, 1644).jpg
Felipe IV; Rey de España.jpg
Philip IV (1605–1665) with a dwarf
Frans van Stampart - Portrait of court dwarf Johann Franz von Meichelboeck.jpg
Joseph Boruwlaski.jpg
Portrait of Józef Boruwłaski (1739–1837), court dwarf and musician.
Kessel el Mozo Dwarfs with a dog.jpg
Kızlarağası.jpg
Official uniforms of the Ottomans, Giovanni Jean Brindesi series. Kızlarağası (Chief Black Eunuch),...
Nicolas "Bébé" Ferry.png
Portrait of Nicolas Ferry (1741-1764), known as Bébé, court dwarf of Stanisław Leszczyński.
Stele court dwarf Hed Pharaoh Den.jpg
Stele hieroglyph depicting the court dwarf Hed, who died with his master (RMO Rijkmuseum at Leiden a...
Stele court dwarf Hed Pharoah Den.jpg
Stele hieroglyph depicting the court dwarf Hed, who died with his master (RMO Rijkmuseum at Leiden a...
MeninasDwarves.JPG
A detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez ; Original in the Museo del Prado.