Józef Boruwłaski 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
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 as gifts to fellow kings and queens.
19th-century depiction of servants in the Ottoman Imperial Harem: the Chief Black Eunuch (left), a court dwarf (middle) and the Chief White Eunuch (right).
Stele hieroglyph depicting the court dwarf Hed, who died with his master, from the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Den, 2850 BCE
Spanish court dwarfs with a dog by Jan van Kessel the Younger, 1670s
Portrait of Philip IV of Spain with his court dwarf by Gaspar de Crayer