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Special "nymphs" around Gemini - Koen G - 19-05-2025
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The fact that these four figures are standing on four elements reminded me of something that's always fascinated me about the figures around the "Gemini" pair. There is so much variation in them. Just think of the "lustful man" behind the woman in a "seductive" pose. The other woman stretching both arms horizontally, rotating in part toward a rare frontal perspective. The young girl in a full, dotted dress.
But there's also four figures standing on something. And I remembered one of these things is grass. The grass one is separate, the other three are in a row. These are also all different: one nude figure is standing on a surface with some pattern, which is surrounded by a band with another pattern. One apparently young man is standing on something with two "scallops" on one end and a circle with four lines on the other end. The final one is standing on a similar thing but it does not have these additional features.
The following is NOT a proposed identification, I am just putting the figures together for comparison.
I don't think there is all that much to help us out here, apart from one thing. The young man, who may correspond to the "airy" Sanguine, has something going on with his arms/hands. Especially the hand that is lowered - might that be a bad attempt at a leather glove? Obviously gloves are worn for falconry, one of the Sanguine's attributes.
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RE: Special "nymphs" around Gemini - Bernd - 19-05-2025
Very interesting!
As always with the VM, there's this odd mixture of familiar attributes, but it does not really fit together in the end.
RE: Special "nymphs" around Gemini - E Lillie - 20-05-2025
Instead of an attempt at a glove, could it possibly be a "9" character carried over from the text string immediately to the left of it? (ran out of room?)
The lines appear similar to the character ending the group above his head.
RE: Special "nymphs" around Gemini - Koen G - 20-05-2025
I think you're right. However, this still leaves two unusual dots on the arm. There's something similar on the raised arm. Maybe buttons or some kind of laces. I agree that a glove looks less likely though.
I was mostly struck by the fact that of these four figures, one is standing on grass which may stand for the element earth. The others are much less clear.