Love the painting but it was not padded within the box for shipping. The box arrived with a large hole in it which also went all the way to the canvas. The canvas now bulges out in that area like the canvas was stretched too far to snap back into its normal flatness. The canvas wasn't torn, by some miracle, but does have a permanent bubble/bulge in it. I'm very disappointed it was shipped without bubble wrap, foam peanuts or some sort of protection!