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| Théodore Chassériau Portrait of Aline Chassériau (the artist's sister) 1835 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Joseph von Fuhrich Portrait of the artist's sister Maria ca. 1830 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Julius Hübner Portrait of the artist's Sister 1824 oil on copper Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Georg Rueter Portrait of Louise Rueter (the artist's sister) 1899 oil on canvas Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Polychronis Lembesis Portrait of the artist's Brother ca. 1885-90 oil on canvas National Gallery, Athens |
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| Wilhelm von Kobell Portrait Study of the artist's Mother 1794 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Jacques-François Delyen Portrait of the artist's Mother 1714 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes |
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| Egon Schiele The artist's Mother asleep 1911 watercolor and gouache on paper Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Adalbert Begas Portrait of Karl Joseph Begas (father of the artist) 1848 etching and aquatint Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Lovis Corinth Portrait of the artist's father, Franz Heinrich Corinth 1883 oil on canvas Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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| Paul Mathey Portrait of Pierre Mathey (the artist's father) ca. 1875 oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| Hendrik Leys Portrait of Lucie Leys (daughter of the artist) 1865 oil on panel Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp |
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| Hans Thoma Portrait of Ella Blaue (the artist's adopted daughter) 1903 oil on board National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Anton Graff Portrait of Caroline Susanne Graff (daughter of the artist) 1801 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Franz Barwig Portrait Study of the artist's Son ca. 1921 drawing Belvedere Museum, Vienna |
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| Erik Werenskiold Portrait of Dagfin Werenskiold (son of the artist) 1917 oil on canvas Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm |
My life's cable, Myiscus, is made fast to thee; in thee is all the breath that is left to my soul. For by thy eyes, dear boy, that speak even to the deaf, and by thy bright brow I swear it, if ever thou lookest at me with a clouded eye I see the winter, but if thy glance be blithe, the sweet spring bursts into bloom.
Bravely shall I bear the sharp pain in my vitals and bond of the cruel fetters. For it is not now only, Nicander, that I learn to know the wounds of love, but often have I tasted desire. Do both thou, Adrasteia, and thou, Nemesis, bitterest of the immortals, exact due vengeance for his evil resolve.
Love has discovered what beauty to mix with beauty; not emerald with gold, which neither sparkles nor could ever be its equal, nor ivory with ebony, black with white, but Cleander with Eubiotus, two flowers of Persuasion and Friendship.
Sweet it is to mix with wine the bees' sugary liquor, and sweet to love a boy when oneself is lovely too, even as Alexis now loves soft-haired Cleobulus. These two are the immortal metheglin of Cypris.
Last evening Mocris, at the hour when we bid good night, embraced me, I know not whether in reality or in a dream. I remember now quite accurately everything else, what he said to me and the questions he asked, but whether he kissed me too or not I am at a loss to know; for if it be true, how is it that I, who then became a god, am walking about on earth?
I swore to thee, son of Cronos, that never, not even to myself, would I utter what Theudis told me I might have. But my froward soul flies high in exultation and cannot contain the good. But I will out with it: pardon me, Zeus. "He yielded." Father Zeus, what delight is there in good fortune that is known to none?
– from Book XII (Strato's Musa Puerilis) in the Greek Anthology, translated and edited by W.R. Paton (1917)