However, I decided to take the approach that viewers in Henry III's court might have to treat it as an intellectual puzzle with a moralistic streak, a painting that is there to create a conversation.
So yes, I'm being obnoxious and moralistic, and I hand it to this guy, causing him some amount of pain, but an enormous amount of money is going to be given to people in great need.
He was deeply invested in the belief that good art should make us less moralistic and judgmental and should be a supplement to religion in terms of developing our reserves of kindness and morality.