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Timanthes

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Known for: The ancient Greek artist Timanthes' masterpiece was his painting of the sacrifice of Iphigenia.
Dates: Timanthes painted around 400 B.C.
Origin: Timanthes was from Sicyon.
Contemporaries: Parrhasius and Zeuxis
Genre: Painting
Ancient Sources: Pliny wrote about Timanthes.

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