After the artist completed this canvas, it was redone by both Antonio de la Gandara and Gustave Courtois.
After the artist completed this canvas, it was redone by both Antonio de la Gandara and Gustave Courtois. It was painted at a summer estate in Les Chenes at Paramé in Brittany, and its artist wrote letters to his friend Vernon Lee relating his frustration with the subject. One preliminary drawing shows the subject successively reading a book and then playing the piano; an oil study depicts the subject toasting a champagne glass at a table. The completed canvas depicts a brown empire table on the left, with two of its legs visible, against a deep brown background. One of the jeweled straps which seem to hold up the black satin dress of the subject was originally shown hanging loose, but the artist repainted it after submitting this work to the Salon; scandal also led him to re-title this work to make it more anonymous. FTP, name this piece which depicts the socialite Virginie Gautreau, painted by John Singer Sargent.
After the artist completed this canvas, it was redone by both Antonio de la Gandara and Gustave Courtois.
{Madame X} (or Portrait of Mme. {Gautreau} before Gautreau is