Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers (1903)
Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821, Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 322
he did before hiaapprenticeship was out, to Lorenzo de Medici, whoat that time had just founded a school of sculpture,of which Bertoldo, the foreman of Donatello, waskeeper, in the garden of his villa. Michelangelowas admitted to this Medicean school or Academyof Art in 1489, and achieved as one of… … PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. their teeth, and Michelangelopromptly acting uponthe suggestion. Whatever may be the truth ofthis story, it is certain that Michelangelo earlyattracted the notice of the magnificent Lorenzo,who saw in hira so much promise that he proposedto his father that he should become…
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