cherub
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The wall painting is located in a chapel dedicated to Italy's last king, Umberto II, and shows the cherub holding a map of Italy.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
She pans down to show double sinks that feature a cherub motif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
A cherub statue the Welnicks placed outside as a memorial to a child they lost to miscarriage looked down at the rubble.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
Instead, they said, “the photograph evokes themes of greed, innocence and the motif of the cherub in Western art.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
I'd actually never seen anyone go pale before, but it was as if all the color drained out of Deidre's plump little cherub face.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
Song floats through “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” like hovering cherubim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
In one passage, a prophet called Ezekiel describes a "vision of God being transported on cherubim", with four wings and "feet shaped like the sole of a calf's foot".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2021
She’s attended by a half-dozen crimson seraphim and three royal blue cherubim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2018
“It’s very ornate, very detailed. I believe I recall cherubim on the ceiling.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2017
She transforms the unruly bunch of us into a heavenly host of cherubim, hovering a thousand feet above the city rooftops.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Others have cherubs reaching toward the horse’s face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Painters also adopted European conventions emphasizing divine rule in imperial portraits, as in a posthumous one of Akbar with a halo and winged cherubs above him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Elements such as the staircase cherubs, vibrant patterned wallpaper, curved French patio doors, and the deeply personal, expressive touches throughout make the home both memorable and visually striking.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Apparently it’s this ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, with its $7 million of gold leaf, that Trump wants now to re-create in the East Wing; the gold cherubs have already been brought up from Florida.
From Slate ● May 30, 2025
Lissa sat on the bench, as still as the stone cherubs perched on the terrace steps.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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