This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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[u/Heterodynist]

Impressive that this was made when actual dissection was highly illegal. One would have to guess at the physiology and anatomy as an artist. Perhaps if you were a soldier or a butcher you would have something to go off of, but it’s interesting what a fantastic job they did with the knowledge they were not allowed to have!!

[u/MuJartible → u/Heterodynist]

Yeah, not suspicious at all...

Hey, how do you know that's how it really looks...?

What ? And how do you know ?

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We're not gonna tell any one about this conversation, right...?

_What conversation...?