Several dwarfs to have had their histories recorded were employed as court dwarfs. They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered...
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Jester (redirect from Court Jester)
Palatine Sebastian de Morra, (died 1649) court dwarf and jester to King Philip IV of Spain Don Diego de Acedo, court dwarf and jester to Philip IV of Spain Roulandus...
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Portrait of Sebastián de Morra (category Works about dwarfism)
is a painting by Diego Velázquez of Sebastián de Morra, a court dwarf and jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain. It was painted around 1644 and is...
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Nicolas Ferry (category Entertainers with dwarfism)
Ferry (known as Bébé) (1741–1764) was a French dwarf who became renowned throughout Europe as the court dwarf of King Stanisław Leszczyński. Nicolas Ferry...
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The following is a list of people who are known for their dwarfism and who have been open about it. While these people are not known for being the shortest...
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according to other sources Giovanni Clementi; 1702–1735) was a jester and court dwarf of Elector Palatine Charles III Philip in Heidelberg. As guardian of...
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Maria Bárbola (category People with dwarfism)
Las Meninas. She was from Austria and from 1651 onward employed as a court dwarf in the household of the queen regent of Spain, Mariana of Austria, with...
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Jeffrey Hudson (category Entertainers with dwarfism)
Hudson (1619 – c. 1682) was a court dwarf of the English queen Henrietta Maria of France. He was famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus" and was...
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Bronzino of Nano Morgante (nickname of Braccio di Bartolo) the famed court dwarf of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany who is also immortalized...
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ancient Egypt, especially during the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods, dwarfs and pygmies were seen as people with celestial gifts. They were treated...
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Balthasar Charles With a Dwarf is a 1631 portrait by Diego Velázquez of Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias and a court dwarf. It is now in the Museum...
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Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of...
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Helena Antonia (category People with dwarfism)
Helena Antonia (1579 – d. after 1621) was a bearded female court dwarf of Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress and was a favorite of Margaret of Austria...
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Stańczyk (painting) (redirect from Stańczyk during a ball at the court of Queen Bona in the face of the loss of Smolensk)
unlikely. Another symbol, a lute, symbol of glory, is being carried by a court dwarf, stereotyped as a person of low stature and morale in Matejko's time;...
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of Queens Catherine Parr and Mary I Jeffrey Hudson (1619–c. 1682), "court dwarf" of Henrietta Maria of France Joan d'Acosta (c. 1665– c. 1740), jester...
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dwarfed and deformed adults made their living as mountebanks and freak show performers or were sold into bondage as pages, jesters, or court dwarfs....
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Thomazina Muliercula (category Entertainers with dwarfism)
Tamasin” and “Tomasin de Paris”, was an English jester. She was the Court dwarf and jester of queen Elizabeth I of England between 1577 and 1603. She...
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Anders Been (category People with dwarfism)
Been later Andreas von Behn (1650–1730), was a Norwegian painter and court dwarf in service of the Swedish queen dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp...
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Richard Gibson (painter) (redirect from Dwarf Gibson)
Gibson (1615 – 23 July 1690), known as "Dwarf Gibson", was a British painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf in England during the reigns of Charles...
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Józef Boruwłaski (category Entertainers with dwarfism)
1837) was a Polish-born dwarf who was employed by the court and who was also a musician who toured in European and Turkish courts. Józef Boruwłaski was...
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of a misanthropic assassin. The main character is a dwarf, 66 centimetres (26 in) tall, at the court of an Italian City-state in the Renaissance. The exact...
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Dwarf-tossing, also called midget-tossing, is a pub/bar attraction or activity in which people with dwarfism, wearing special padded clothing or Velcro...
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Drunken Silenus, c. 1616 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) In the Renaissance, a court dwarf posed for the Silenus-like figure astride a tortoise at the entrance...
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name "Jeffery Hudson", based on Sir Jeffrey Hudson, a 17th-century dwarf in the court of queen consort Henrietta Maria of England. The novel would prove...
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where polygamy was permitted. In pre-Islamic Assyria and Persia, most royal courts had a harem, where the ruler's wives and concubines lived with female attendants...
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Nano Morgante (category Entertainers with dwarfism)
Braccio di Bartolo - English: Dwarf Morgante 1600s) was an Italian dwarf who was a famed buffoon and court jester in the court of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand...
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(1847–1909), cricketer Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619 – c. 1682) became a royal court dwarf. Tom Marshall – artist and photo colouriser, grew up in Oakham. Thomas...
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Tragedy of Tragedies A tiny creation of Merlin, later becomes Arthur's court dwarf and an honorary knight Tor† Le Morte d'Arthur Son of King Ars, adopted...
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able to conspire with other Spanish nobles to remove Olivares from the court in 1643, and for a brief period she held considerable influence over Philip;...
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he worked on this painting, he worked on another painting, one of the court dwarf Diego de Acedo, known as El Primo, which was sent to Madrid in June....
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