1st-century BC painters

thumb|15th-century portrayal of Iaia from a French translation of De mulieribus claris. thumb|Michel Corneille the Younger, Lala of Cyzicus Painting, Palace of Versailles, 1672 Iaia of Cyzicus (), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia or Maia, was a Greek painter born in Cyzicus, Roman Empire, and relatively exceptional for being a woman artist and painting women's portraits. She was alive during the time of Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC). In De Mulieribus Claris, his book of women's biographies, Boccaccio refers to her as "Marcia," possibly confusing her with t

painter from ancient Greece

thumb|right|Fresco from the Casa dei Dioscuri, believed to exhibit Timomachus' influence