Ang el otto ). ▁ ▁Vas ari ▁states ▁that ▁Gi otto ▁was ▁a ▁she ph erd ▁boy , ▁a ▁mer ry ▁and ▁intellig ent ▁child ▁who ▁was ▁loved ▁by ▁all ▁who ▁knew ▁him . ▁The ▁great ▁Flor ent ine ▁painter ▁C im ab ue ▁discovered ▁Gi otto ▁drawing ▁pictures ▁of ▁his ▁sheep ▁on ▁a ▁rock . ▁They ▁were ▁so ▁lif eli ke ▁that ▁C im ab ue ▁approached ▁Gi otto ▁and ▁asked ▁if ▁he ▁could ▁take ▁him ▁on ▁as ▁an ▁app rent ice . ▁C im ab ue ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁most ▁highly ▁ren owned ▁pain ters ▁of ▁T usc any , ▁the ▁other ▁being ▁Duc cio , ▁who ▁worked ▁mainly ▁in ▁S ien a . ▁Vas ari ▁rec ount s ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁such ▁stories ▁about ▁Gi otto ' s ▁skill ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁artist . ▁He ▁tells ▁of ▁one ▁occasion ▁when ▁C im ab ue ▁was ▁absent ▁from ▁the ▁work shop , ▁and ▁Gi otto ▁painted ▁a ▁remark ably ▁lif eli ke ▁fly ▁on ▁a ▁face ▁in ▁a ▁painting ▁of ▁C im ab ue . ▁When ▁C im ab ue ▁returned , ▁he ▁tried ▁several ▁times ▁to ▁br ush ▁the ▁fly ▁off . ▁Many ▁sch ol ars ▁today ▁are ▁uncertain ▁about ▁Gi otto ' s ▁training ▁and ▁consider ▁Vas ari ' s ▁account ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁C im ab ue ' s ▁pup il ▁as ▁legend ; ▁they ▁c ite ▁earlier ▁sources ▁that ▁suggest ▁that ▁Gi otto ▁was ▁not ▁C im ab ue ' s ▁pup il . ▁