Michelangelo
Later, during the prolonged illness and after the death of his mother, he lived as a stonecutter and his
wife and family in the town of Settignano where his father owned a marble quarry and a small farm.
Michelangelo once said to the biographer of artists Giorgio Vasari, "What little good I have within me
came from the pure air of your native Arezzo and the chisels and hammers."
Michelangelo's desire to become an artist was initially opposed by his father. After a period of
grammatics studies with the humanist Francesco da Urbino, Michelangelo continued his
apprenticeship in painting with Domenico Ghirlandaio and in sculpture with Bertoldo di Giovanni.
Michelangelo's father managed to persuade Ghirlandaio to pay the young artist, which was unheard of
at the time. In fact, most apprentices paid their masters for the education. Impressed, Domenico
recommended him to the ruler of the city, Lorenzo de' Medici, and Michelangelo left his workshop in
1489
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