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- Burton's characters, and their television adaptation are fiction, but Petronella Oortman, Johannes Brandt, and the doll house were all very much real.
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Sep 9, 2018 · Petronella Oortman, a character in the PBS miniseries The Miniaturist was a real person in 17th-century Amsterdam. Here's the true story behind her doll house.
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- Who Was The Real Petronella Oortman and Did She Have A Dollhouse?
- Where Did All The Miniatures in The BBC Drama Come from?
- Where Do The Dolls in The Miniaturist Come from?
- How Were The Dolls' Costumes Made?
Petronella 'Nella' Oortman did actually exist, and so did her dollhouse. A wealthy widow by the time she married silk merchant Johannes Brandt, Oortman followed the local fashion in Amsterdam and had a large cabinet built for her so that she could decorate it with expensive miniatures between 1686 and 1710. The "Nella Oortman" who we meet in The Mi...
“For every household item you can think of in life there is a miniaturist who specialises in making it in one-twelfth scale," says Susie Rogers of Mulvany & Rogers, the company charged with creating the magical miniatures for the BBC drama. Trained art historians specialise in one-twelfth scale bespoke miniature houses and have produced incredible ...
The dolls featured in the show were specially commissioned via Mulvaney and Rogers and made by doll maker Julie Campbell. She was tasked with creating eight dolls in the stiff style of the 17th century, with faces that were portraits of the actors playing the roles. No costumes were to be made for the dolls as The Miniaturist's costume department w...
If you look closely you'll notice that the dolls in The Miniaturist are wearing the exact same costumes as the actors, albeit in a much smaller size. That's because the costume team used the same fabrics to make both sets of outfits. Everything from the dresses and waistcoats right the way down to the embroidery and bows is an exact replica. The ma...
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The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actor and author Jessie Burton. [2] An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers' bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. [2] Set in Amsterdam in 1686–87, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman 's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum.
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- The Book. Author Jessie Burton, an Oxford graduate and actress, was working as a personal assistant when inspiration for her first novel, The Miniaturist, struck.
- The Inspiration. Burton’s inspiration for The Miniaturist was a dollhouse that the author saw on display in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum when she was on vacation in 2009.
- As Seen In… Actress Anya Taylor-Joy helms her first MASTERPIECE lead as Petronella (Nella) Oortman, the young penniless aristocrat who arrives in Amsterdam ready to assume the role of wife to her wealthy (and strangely absent) new husband.
- A MASTERPIECE Favorite Returns. The Miniaturist‘s mysterious Marin, a severe and fiercely intelligent foil to her brother Johannes, is played by actress Romola Garai.
Jul 3, 2014 · It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways. Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands?
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Sep 9, 2018 · “The Miniaturist,” based on Jessie Burton’s novel of the same name, is PBS’ three-part adaptation that satisfies the “Masterpiece” aesthete’s hunger for beautiful visuals, lavish ...
The Miniaturist is a 2017 BBC television miniseries adaptation of the debut novel of the same name by Jessie Burton. The series was directed by Guillem Morales and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai and Alex Hassell and first aired in two parts from 26–27 December 2017 on BBC One. [1]
