The Miniaturist was inspired by a woman of what nationality?
The Miniaturist The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actress and author Jessie Burton. An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. Set in Amsterdam in 1686/7, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum. It does not otherwise attempt to be a biographical novel.
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (March 19, 1890 – December 13, 1960) was an American sculptor. She became noted for her work in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. A perfectionist who did all her own carving, her surviving output is small.