
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
The story
Virginie Gautreau in a black evening dress with a fallen jewelled strap, her skin painted lavender-pale. Painted in 1884 — the Paris Salon scandal that drove Sargent to London.
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent
- Year
- 1884
- Period
- Impressionist
- Where it lives
- Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share