Invisible friends : questioning the representation of the court dwarf in Hapsburg Spain

More than 20 portraits of court dwarfs were created between the reigns of Charles V and Philip IV; in addition to these, there exist some half-a-dozen paintings of what I shall refer to as ’dwarf types’, that is, people whose exact status is not known but who are depicted in the manner of dwarfs. I...

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Main Author: Ravenscroft, Janet Lynn
Other Authors: Fracchia, Carmen
Published: Birkbeck (University of London) 2009
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729326