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Biblioklept 
There must be a good story behind the theme of this painting. There is probably a good story behind painting the painting, too.
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Here’s a good story about Carracci (okay—not a story told well, but one can read between the lines): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art_of_Agostino_Carracci
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the pictures: I could say, ‘what else is new’, but these are ‘classy’ enough to be interesting. What is the unconscious mind set so powerful that body parts are considered bad. When did this trend occur in the Western world? I do not know much about Hebraic history, except for a few tidbits filled in by Jewish intellectuals. [?] The circumcision part is scary enough.
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[…] painter Agostino Carracci accurately painted his situation in the court in his work called “Hairy Harry, Mad Peter and Tiny Amon.” In the painting, Petrus is depicted naked wearing negligible fur to substantiate the claims […]
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