At the age of 11 Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
As far as we know his first teacher was Domenico Ghirlandaio, Michelangelo was apprenticed to him at the age of 13.
At 13 he was apprenticed to the painter Ghirlandaio.
He was apprenticed to the Florentine painter Ghirlandaio.
Young Michelangelo was apprenticed to the Florentine painter Domenico Ghirlandaio.
There were no schools for art in those days. You were apprenticed to a competent artist who taught you.
He studied painting and sculpting in Florence by being apprenticed to competent artists. There were no art schools at the time.
He was apprenticed with Mr Fezziwig
Lonrenzo de Magnificent, the head of Medici, discovered Michelangelo when he was only 14. They saw a sculpture he made when he was a painter's apprentice. Lorenzo invitied Michelangelo to live in the palace with him. The Medici was the most powerful family in Florence and were great patrons of art.
He was apprenticed to Antonio Badile at the age of 13.
At the age of 13 Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio, a respected artist of the time. However, Michelangelo wasn't happy with the speed in which he was learning so after a year he left Ghirlandaio's teaching to become a student of Bertoldo di Giovanni.
"Levi was apprenticed to a tailor for seven years while he learned the trade."