The son overcame his father's resistance and entered the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio, a famous Florentine painter at the age of thirteen.
He learned the fresco painting technique from him and seemed to have discovered his vocation, but then he became fascinated by sculpture. Again he had to convince his father to change his decisions.
To survive, he had to take on various jobs for a year (from spring 1886 to spring 1887).
While digging ditches, he made contact with the owners of the Western Union Telegraph Company, who helped him establish the Tesla Electric Light Company.
Jane Austen's letter, dated 29-30 October 1812, sent to her favorite niece Anna Lefroy, in which the writer parodied a Gothic novel she had read, sold for over £162,000 at auction on 11 July 2017.
