VMs f75r - Nymph Holding Spurtle

[Koen G]

And the nymph below her is just washing her forearm.

The nymph below her is one of the few unambiguously male figures in Q13, which is remarkable in and of itself. Even in the purely balneological interpretation (which I do not think is tenable), the presence of a few male figures in what is clearly a (nude) female oriented setting should raise questions. 

And why is the man drawn in a different position than the vast majority of female figures in the quire, who are, in the balneological paradigm, washing their hips or butts? 

Why expect literalism at all in this crazy section? Is this one washing her knee while observing the swimming pool yoga instructor wrestle a pool noodle?
   

What I'm trying to get at is that Q13 as a whole does not work as a literal depiction: it's full of visual symbolism. Interpreting that symbolism is proving difficult though, with nothing really making a splash or convincing many others.