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Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (née Avegno; 29 January 1859 – 25 July 1915) was an American-born Parisian socialite, who gained notoriety as the subject of John Singer Sargent's painting Portrait of Madame X. The suggestion of indiscreet posing in a revealing costume provoked a storm of outrage.
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. [ 1 ]
Courtois in his studio, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, in 1880 Courtois portrait, Madame Gautreau, completed in 1891 Young Florentin Playing with Cats, a portrait by Courtois. Courtois was born 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône, France to an unwed mother who was devoted to him.
John Singer Sargent in his studio with Portrait of Madame X, c. 1885. His most controversial work, Portrait of Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) (1884) is now considered one of his best works and was his favorite; he stated in 1915: "I suppose it is the best thing I have done."
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