Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)  1884

by John Singer Sargent

Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance. Sargent hoped to enhance his reputation by painting and exhibiting her portrait. Working without a commission but with his sitter’s complicity, he emphasized her daring personal style, showing the right strap of her gown slipping from her shoulder. A...
Size: 
82 1/8 x 43 1/4in. (208.6 x 109.9cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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