A tale of two pictures

Recently I put a long ago purchased in Russia painting into a frame and hung in the hallway outside our bedroom. It looks like this:

Craig said it gave him the creeps but it wasn't until one of his fellow bandmates saw it and reacted so strongly that I learned it had to go. It turns out, my Russian subject bears an uncanny resemblance to Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism. Here is a portrait of him:

These two middle-aged former Mormon men told me in no uncertain terms that I just couldn't have a picture hanging in my house that EVERYONE IN UTAH will understand to be Joseph Smith. "uh huh" I kept saying, but didn't actually take the thing down. I didn't realize how dire this was until today I found my Russian in the garage. Craig felt compelled to take matters into his own hands.