Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X
by Deborah Davis
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages262 pages
ISBN
9781585423361
Published
2003
Description
The subject of john Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old new orleans creole virginie gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "It girl" Of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sa...The subject of john Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old new orleans creole virginie gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "It girl" Of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame.