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According to art historian Patricia Simons, the plumb line "is a pendulous instrument that sways rhythmically but finds the true vertical, and a carnival song likened it to a cleansing plunger that removes 'grease.' … The obvious bulge in the satyr mason's apron is both a satirical comment on censorship and an example of how arousal was frequently displaced visually onto the bestial … "—<i>The Sex of Men in Premodern Europe</i> (Cambridge University Press, 2011), p. 19.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Agostino_Carracci" class="extiw" title="w:en:Agostino Carracci"><span title="Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557-1602)">Agostino Carracci</span></a>
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