16-08-2026, 08:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-08-2026, 08:46 PM by Jorge_Stolfi.)
Below is an annotated clip from the Beinecke 2014 image of page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Bio), covering a section of the left margin that includes second nymph from the top and her "tub".
Visible on this image are the multiple retracing passes previously observed on other pages, namely presumed original traces (Rt0, green labels), first general restoration pass (Rt1, cyan and purple labels), and possibly a second scattered retouching pass by the infamous "Boobs Artist" (Rt2, pink labels).
As in other Bio illustrations, the retracer Rt1 (or Rt2) changed some details of the figure. In particular, he seems to have redrawn the openings of the tubes and the rim of the "tub", replacing the original single lines, by double lines, suggesting that the walls are a couple cm thick. He also broke the perspective of those rims and openings by making them more circular instead of the correct elliptical shapes. Finally, it looks like he also added the long vertical tube connecting the top and middle tubs. The inset image at the upper left is a conjectural reconstruction of the original Rt0 drawing, before these Rt1 additions and Rt2 "enhancements".
On the nymph's outline, there does not seem to be any significant portion that is unretouched Rt0. It seems to be all Rt1 or Rt2, possibly over Rt0 traces; and it is not easy to tell which is which.
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As usual, all the following statements have implicit qualifiers "presumed", "apparent", "assumed", etc.
(A) Original (Rt0) upper opening of the short vertical tube, with a simple edge (not doubled).
(B) Edge of the upper opening of the tube as redrawn by Rt1, with position and tilt different from those of the Rt0 original (A), and as a double line indicating that the tube had a thick wall.
© The walls of the short vertical tube presumably were Rt0, and were retraced by Rt1.
(D) The longer vertical pipe was apparently added by Rt1 in order to connect the top and middle sub-figures. It probably did not exits in the original (Rt0) version.
(E) Original (Rt0) rim of the "tub", also a simple edge (not doubled).
(F,G) This part of the "tub"'s rim was drawn by Rt1 with position and tilt different from the original Rt0 (E), and as a double line (indicating a thick tub wall) instead of the original single line.
(H,I) Edge of the external opening of the drain from the "tub", assumed to be originally a simple edge (not doubled). The lower half of that edge (H) is still original (Rt0), while the upper half (I) was retraced by Rt1.
(J) Edge of the bottom opening of the short vertical tube, on the inner wall of the "tub". Presumably Rt0 retraced by Rt1.
(K,L) Bits of the flow of water across the "tub", from the short vertical tube to the drain. Traced by Rt1, presumably over Rt0.
(M) Second line around edge of opening, not in the original but added by Rt1.
(R,S,T) Additions or modifications by Rt2 or maybe Rt1.
(U) The "showercap", a characteristic addition of the Rt2 retracer.
All the best, --stolfi
Visible on this image are the multiple retracing passes previously observed on other pages, namely presumed original traces (Rt0, green labels), first general restoration pass (Rt1, cyan and purple labels), and possibly a second scattered retouching pass by the infamous "Boobs Artist" (Rt2, pink labels).
As in other Bio illustrations, the retracer Rt1 (or Rt2) changed some details of the figure. In particular, he seems to have redrawn the openings of the tubes and the rim of the "tub", replacing the original single lines, by double lines, suggesting that the walls are a couple cm thick. He also broke the perspective of those rims and openings by making them more circular instead of the correct elliptical shapes. Finally, it looks like he also added the long vertical tube connecting the top and middle tubs. The inset image at the upper left is a conjectural reconstruction of the original Rt0 drawing, before these Rt1 additions and Rt2 "enhancements".
On the nymph's outline, there does not seem to be any significant portion that is unretouched Rt0. It seems to be all Rt1 or Rt2, possibly over Rt0 traces; and it is not easy to tell which is which.
As usual, all the following statements have implicit qualifiers "presumed", "apparent", "assumed", etc.
(A) Original (Rt0) upper opening of the short vertical tube, with a simple edge (not doubled).
(B) Edge of the upper opening of the tube as redrawn by Rt1, with position and tilt different from those of the Rt0 original (A), and as a double line indicating that the tube had a thick wall.
© The walls of the short vertical tube presumably were Rt0, and were retraced by Rt1.
(D) The longer vertical pipe was apparently added by Rt1 in order to connect the top and middle sub-figures. It probably did not exits in the original (Rt0) version.
(E) Original (Rt0) rim of the "tub", also a simple edge (not doubled).
(F,G) This part of the "tub"'s rim was drawn by Rt1 with position and tilt different from the original Rt0 (E), and as a double line (indicating a thick tub wall) instead of the original single line.
(H,I) Edge of the external opening of the drain from the "tub", assumed to be originally a simple edge (not doubled). The lower half of that edge (H) is still original (Rt0), while the upper half (I) was retraced by Rt1.
(J) Edge of the bottom opening of the short vertical tube, on the inner wall of the "tub". Presumably Rt0 retraced by Rt1.
(K,L) Bits of the flow of water across the "tub", from the short vertical tube to the drain. Traced by Rt1, presumably over Rt0.
(M) Second line around edge of opening, not in the original but added by Rt1.
(R,S,T) Additions or modifications by Rt2 or maybe Rt1.
(U) The "showercap", a characteristic addition of the Rt2 retracer.
All the best, --stolfi