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    What Italian renaissance painter was originally trained as a goldsmith and a jeweller, inherited his nickname from his father's necklace-making activities, and was at a given moment the employer of nobody less than Michelangelo himself?

    Question #87248. Asked by Flem-ish. (Oct 13 07 2:42 PM)


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    		Domenico Ghirlandaio, whose last name means "garland maker"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Ghirlandaio

    Oct 13 07, 2:48 PM

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