Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Bosco

A seated woman in a white mantle and dark tunic plays a golden lyre, while a young attendant peers from behind a red ladder-back chair. The fresco's red wall and cracked plaster frame the quiet, formal scene.

Look closer: A young attendant's face peers out from behind the chair at the right.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 50–40 BCE

Medium

Fresco

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3762 × 3785 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1903