Isaac Oliver’s A gentleman in damascened armour, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gold and blue enamelled locket, 2in (5.5cm) high.
Philip Mould stages Jewel in the Hand: Early Portrait Miniatures from Noble and Private Collections at its Pall Mall gallery from March 12-April 18.
The loan show features examples of Elizabethan and Jacobean portrait miniatures not ordinarily on view to the public and includes works by Isaac and Peter Oliver, Nicholas Hilliard.