Frame Inside | Portrait of Madame X / John Singer Sargent, 1884
John Singer Sargent in his studio with Portrait of Madame X, c. 1885
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Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is the title of a 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.
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