Disambiguation evidence for Madame X by John Singer Sargent via surface form

"Madame X"


As subject (49)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Madame X".

Predicate Object
artHistoricalSignificance icon of late 19th-century portraiture
artHistoricalSignificance key work in John Singer Sargent’s career
artistNationality American
artistResidenceAtTimeOfWork Paris
background flat, dark, nearly featureless backdrop
collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
colorPalette predominantly dark background with pale skin tones
commissionedBy not formally commissioned by the sitter’s family
countryOfOrigin France
creator John Singer Sargent
depicts French socialite
depicts Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
depicts bare shoulders and arms
depicts black evening gown
depicts elaborate hairstyle
depicts floor-length gown with train
depicts ornamental jewelry on the sitter
depicts profile pose with turned head
depicts profile view of a woman in evening dress
depicts woman standing beside a small table
exhibitedAt Paris Salon of 1884
exhibitionHistory Paris Salon of 1884
surface form: Paris Salon 1884
exhibitionHistory Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
genre portrait
hasEffect damaged John Singer Sargent’s reputation in Paris at the time
hasPart signature of John Singer Sargent
inception 1884
influenced later society portraiture
influencedBy French society portraiture
instanceOf oil painting
instanceOf painting
lighting dramatic contrast emphasizing the sitter’s pale skin
location Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
materialUsed oil paint
movement American art
movement Realism
notableFor controversial reception at the Paris Salon
notableFor one fallen dress strap in the original version
notableFor sensuous depiction of the sitter
originalTitle Madame X
surface form: Portrait de Mme ***
previousExhibitionTitle Portrait de Mme ***
sitter Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
sitterNationality American-born French
sitterSocialStatus Parisian socialite
style highly finished academic style
subjectOf extensive art historical scholarship
subjectOf numerous reproductions and posters
support canvas
titleAfterExhibition Madame X