canvas
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Painted after Artemisia returned to Rome after several years in Florence, the roughly life-size, seated figure is folded elegantly into the rectangle of the canvas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Bean’s “Boat and Tote” canvas bag, and Pidgeon carries it in the show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The fight continued and Wilder pushed Chisora over in the fifth before landing after the bell in the sixth, while both men tumbled to the canvas more than once.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
There almost everything serves as a canvas, including painted trash doubling as decor and the silkscreened couch on which he’s seated.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Anya screamed, clawing again at the canvas sides.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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