Flaying

Method of slow and painful execution in which skin is removed from the body / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Flaying, also known colloquially as skinning alive, is a method of slow and painful execution in which skin is removed from the body. Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed portion of skin intact.[citation needed]

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Michelangelo's The Last Judgment - St Bartholomew holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin; it is conjectured that Michelangelo included a self-portrait depicting himself as St Bartholomew after he had been flayed alive.