Why Does This Sculpture Have No Skin? (St. Bartholomew)

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Why does this 500-year-old sculpture in the Cathedral of Milan have no skin?
Created by Renaissance sculptor Marco d’Agrate, it’s a rare écorché — a figure depicting a body with the skin removed to show the muscles —carved from solid marble in life-size detail.
The subject is Saint Bartholomew, one of Christ’s twelve apostles. Known for spreading Christianity to India and Armenia, Bartholomew faced a brutal demise. He was skinned alive and then beheaded for converting the Armenian king.
According to legend, Bartholomew continued to preach even after he was skinned.
In this sculpture, Bartholomew stands defiant, holding the knife that flayed him in one hand and his Bible in the other.