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This story starts in Florence, Italy, in March 1488. Thirteen-year-old Michelangelo Buonarroti is brought to the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio by his friend, Francesco Granacci, a nineteen year old who has been apprenticed to Ghirlandaio. Ghirlandaio is considered a master of one of the painting guilds in Florence. Granacci, who believes his friend has remarkable talent, brings Michelangelo to the studio so he can also be apprenticed to Ghirlandaio. (
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