Madame X

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Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artForm easel painting
cataloguedIn Metropolitan Museum of Art collection catalog
collection Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
colorPalette dark background with pale figure
countryOfOrigin France
creator John Singer Sargent
creatorNationality American
creatorResidenceAtTimeOfWork Paris
depicts Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
depictsNationality American
depictsOccupation socialite
depictsPerson Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
depictsResidence Paris
depictsSex female
exhibitedAt Paris Salon
exhibitionYear 1884
genre portrait painting
hasCulturalSignificance icon of 19th-century portrait painting
symbol of scandal in Belle Époque society
hasEffect damage to sitter’s social reputation
temporary setback to Sargent’s career in Paris
hasInfluenced reputation of John Singer Sargent
hasPart bare shoulders
black evening gown
jewelled straps on dress
pale skin tones of sitter
profile pose of sitter
inception 1884
languageOfTitle French
location Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
materialUsed oil paint
movement Realism
notableFor controversial representation of female beauty
provocative depiction of sitter
scandal at the 1884 Paris Salon
originalTitle Portrait de Mme ***
partOf 19th-century portraiture
setInPeriod Belle Époque
subjectOf art historical analysis
museum exhibitions
scholarly articles
support canvas
title Madame X

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: "Portrait of Madame X"
this entity surface form: "Portrait of Madame X"
Avegno notableWork Madame X
subject surface form: "John Singer Sargent"
this entity surface form: ""Madame X""
Amélie notableWorkDepiction Madame X
subject surface form: "Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau"
this entity surface form: "Portrait of Madame X"
subject surface form: "Madame X"
this entity surface form: "Portrait de Mme ***"
Pierre Gautreau spouse Madame X
Madame X title Madame X
subject surface form: "Madame X"

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