Timarete

Timarete , probably active in the Hellenistic period, was a Greek painter from Athens. She was the daughter of a painter named Mikon, probably not the famous painter Mikon , and was particularly praised for an ancient painting of Artemis at Ephesus . Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 35, 147 names her the first of the painters, even before Eirene , Kalypso , Aristarete , Iaia and Olympias .

literature

Rainer Vollkommer : Timarete. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 472.
Bernhard Kytzler : women of antiquity. From Aspasia to Zenobia . Artemis, Munich & Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7608-1224-4 , p. 162.

personal data
SURNAME	Timarete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek painter
DATE OF BIRTH	between 5th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	between 5th century BC BC and 1st century