This <em>portrait</em>-grade Belgian linen <em>canvas</em> is hand-primed with four coats of oil or acrylic primer and yields a very smooth painting surface. It is then impeccably stretched upon the finest quality 1½" deep stretcher bars. Each <em>canvas</em> has a numbered ID tag that is pre-registered with Fine Art Registry. Six levels of built-in security prevent the tag from being removed without leaving identifiable traces. All Elite canvases have solid wood stretcher bars and wide, keyable cross-braces from a renewable