He was soon apprenticed by his uncle to a shoemaker. At thirteen, Michelangelo was apprenticed to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. At sixteen, he was apprenticed as an engraver and spent three years learning the trade. Between the two examinations, they were apprenticed, or articled to established lawyers. Dieter was apprenticed to a blacksmith at the age of 14. At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed as a toolmaker. There they were apprenticed to Hans Herbster, Basel's leading painter. It is unclear where and with whom Vermeer apprenticed as a painter. Lely studied painting in Haarlem, where he may have been apprenticed to Pieter de Grebber. After graduating from Dartmouth, he apprenticed under Salisbury lawyer Thomas W. Thompson. Bang was mistakenly apprenticed to a pirate band as a child by his deaf nursemaid. At the age of 13, he was apprenticed to his father, a staymaker. The highly successful London bookseller Andrew Millar was apprenticed there to James McEuen. Thomas was first apprenticed to a weaver. After graduation, he apprenticed as an electrician.