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Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau

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Virginie Amélie Avegno GautreauAmerican, 1859 - 1915

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.

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(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1882-1883
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1884-1924
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