bottega

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A more likely tale has him haunting Cimabue's Florentine bottega until the painter made him an apprentice.

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Papa Guardi set up a bottega, or combination studio and art shop, in an alley on the wrong side of the Grand Canal.

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His first son, Gian Antonio, became master of the bottega and a member of the Venetian Academy long before Francesco, who was 14 years younger.

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The Pope found him at work in his bottega on the tomb of Julius; for the "tragedy of the mausoleum" still dragged on.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

In his exposition of theory Alberti corresponds to the practice of Florence, where Ghirlandajo kept a bottega open to all comers, and Michelangelo began his apprenticeship by grinding colors.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington