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| Jacopino del Conte Portrait of a Man ca. 1540 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Corneille de Lyon Portrait of a Boy ca. 1560-70 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Gonzales Coques Portrait of a Woman ca. 1640 oil on copper Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, West Yorkshire |
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| Anton Graff Portrait of Sidonie Albertine von Einsiedel ca. 1765 oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden |
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| François Gérard Portrait of Stanisław Mniszek 1803 oil on canvas National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Anonymous French Artist Portrait of a Man 1814 oil on canvas Musée Carnavalet, Paris |
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| Christen Købke Portrait of landscape painter Frederik Sødring 1832 oil on canvas Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Portrait of a Young Girl ca. 1850 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Émile Friant Self Portrait ca. 1878 oil on canvas Musée de la Cour d'Or de Metz |
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| John White Alexander Portrait of Mrs John White Alexander, née Elizabeth Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Axel Nilsson Self Portrait 1906 drawing Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Max Beckmann Portrait of Minna Tube Beckmann 1906 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Gustav Klimt Portrait of Johanna Staude (dressed by the Wiener Werkstätte) 1917-18 oil on canvas Belvedere Museum, Vienna |
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| Franz Barwig Portrait Study of the Artist's Son ca. 1921 drawing Belvedere Museum, Vienna |
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| Ivana Kobilca Portrait of Mica Čop, née Kessler ca. 1922-23 oil on canvas National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana |
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| Axel Fridell Self Portrait VIII 1929 drypoint Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
When he saw them standing before him, Hydaspes leapt from his throne for a moment. "Heaven have mercy!" he exclaimed, then sank back, lost in thought. The dignitaries at his side asked him what was wrong.
"I dreamed that a daughter just like this girl had been born to me this very day," he replied, "and had matured instantly to just such a youthful beauty. I paid no attention to the dream, but now I am reminded of it by the identical appearance of the person I see before me."
His courtiers replied that this was an image generated by the soul, which frequently prefigured the future and gave it form in dreams. So he pushed his vision to the back of his mind for the moment and inquired who they were and where they were from. Charikleia said nothing, but Theagenes replied that they were brother and sister and came from Greece.
"Well done, Greece!" exclaimed the king. "Her sons are men of sterling worth, and most important, she has presented us with noble and auspicious victims for the sacrifices to mark our victory."
– Heliodorus, from The Aethiopica, or, Theagenes and Charikleia (3rd or 4th century AD), translated from Greek by J.R. Morgan (1989)
– Heliodorus, from The Aethiopica, or, Theagenes and Charikleia (3rd or 4th century AD), translated from Greek by J.R. Morgan (1989)