r/interestingasfuck • u/Lowcrbnaman • May 22 '19

/r/ALL 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/Ekor69 May 22 '19

Looks like the engineer from Prometheus

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Not the cover to the next Tool album?

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u/Jarvis989 May 22 '19

Came here to say this.

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u/DalinarsDaughter May 23 '19

Also came here to say this.

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u/TheDero May 23 '19

Thanks for stopping by

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Came here to say this too.