bottega

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

This great commission necessitated a long stay at Perugia, and therefore the master broke up his Florentine workshop, or "bottega."

From Perugino by Brinton, Selwyn

Thus we get the three great elements of the Florentine citizen's life: the casa, or town-house, the villa, or country-farm, and the bottega, or place of business.

From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington