Probably the last dwarf in the Court of France was Balthazar Simon, who died in 1662.
Sometimes many dwarfs were present at great and noble gatherings.

In Rome in 1566 the Cardinal Vitelli gave a sumptuous banquet at which the table-attendants were 34 dwarfs.

Peter the Great of Russia had a passion for dwarfs, and in 1710 gave a great celebration in honor of the marriage of his favorite, Valakoff, with the dwarf of the Princess Prescovie Theodorovna.

There were 72 dwarfs of both sexes present to form the bridal party.

Subsequently, on account of dangerous and difficult labor, such marriages were forbidden in Russia.
In England and in Spain the nobles had the portraits of their dwarfs painted by the celebrated artists of the day.