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Creation of Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)

Creation of Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
Image: John Singer Sargent · Public domain · source

Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is an 1884 portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. It is a study in opposition.

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Timeline

  1. Creation of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte1884
  2. Creation of Bathers at Asnières1884
  3. Creation of Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) (this page)1884
  4. Creation of Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette1884
  5. Creation of The Great Bathers1884
  6. Creation of The Parsonage Garden at NuenenMay 1884

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