Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver review - small miracles

National Portrait Gallery, LondonSharp sight, close scrutiny and an unbelievably steady hand unite in these exquisite Elizabethan miniatures - among the greatest works in European art The man in the picture is on fire with love. Flames surge and ripple around him. Dressed in nothing but a fine lawn undershirt, open almost to the waist, hair slicked back from his beautiful face in the heat, he is all ready for the beloved. A woman whose identity is revealed - if only we could make it out - in the...