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| Thomas Ball Death Mask of sculptor Hiram Powers 1873 plaster Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Koloman Moser Self Portrait ca. 1902 drawing Dallas Museum of Art |
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| Edward Weston Walt Kuhn ca. 1920 gelatin silver print Archives of American Art, Washington DC |
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| Walter Gramatté Self Portrait 1922 etching Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| Georges Rouault Self Portrait 1926 lithograph Denver Art Museum |
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| Tsugouharu Foujita Self Portrait 1934 wood-engraving National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Minna Citron Self Portrait with Hat ca. 1935 lithograph National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Milton Avery Raphael Soyer ca. 1935-40 oil on board Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC |
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| Antonio Saura Self Portrait 1960 oil on linen Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC |
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| Joseph Hirsch Self Portrait 1964 drawing National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Mimi Jacobs Imogen Cunningham ca. 1972 gelatin silver print Archives of American Art, Washington DC |
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| Mimi Jacobs Ruth Asawa 1973 gelatin silver print Archives of American Art, Washington DC |
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| Salvatore Del Deo Raphael Soyer 1978 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Hans Namuth Louise Bourgeois 1978 gelatin silver print National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Dmitri Kasterine Barbara Kruger 1986 gelatin silver print National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Chuck Close Cindy Sherman 2002 inkjet print after daguerreotype National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Jianping He Keith Godard 2011 screenprint (exhibition poster) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
Love
I'll sing of Heroes, and of Kings;
In mighty Numbers, mighty things,
Begin, my Muse; but lo, the strings
To my great Song rebellious prove;
The strings will sound of nought but Love.
I broke them all, and put on new;
'Tis this or nothing sure will do.
These sure (said I) will me obey;
These sure Heroick Notes will play.
Straight I began with thundring Jove,
And all th' immortal Pow'rs but Love.
Love smil'd, and from my enfeebled Lyre
Came gentle airs, such as inspire
Melting love, and soft desire.
Farewel then Heroes, farewel Kings,
And mighty Numbers, might Things,
Love tunes my Heart just to my strings.
– from Anacreontea (short anonymous ancient Greek poems in the spirit of Anacreon)
as translated by Abraham Cowley (1656)