' Seated woman playing a kithara : From Room H of the Villa of Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale ' Fresco , Roman circa 40-30BC

In this fresco, the kithara player is depicted as a plump young woman clothed in a purple chiton and white himation. She is adorned with a bracelet, earrings, and headband with a central medallion , all of gold. A small figure of Atlas supports the arm of her elaborately carved chair that originally was lacquered in a deep lustrous red. The instrument she plays is not a simple lyre , but a gilded kithara , a large concert instrument played by Apollo and professional musicians. Behind the seated woman stands a small girl wearing a sleeveless purple chiton . She, too, is adorned with a gold headband , bracelet, and loop earrings. Like portrait figures, the woman and the girl gaze directly at the spectator.