John Singer Sargent's Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast
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Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
c. 1883
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 
Oil on panel 
32 x 42 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Jpg: Resource Library
 
Studies for Madame X 
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This painting has an interesting provenance. Sargent had dedicated it to Madame Gautreau's mother, Madame Anotole Avengno. Later it was bought by Dr. Pozzi, whom reportedly had an affair with Madame Gautreau. It would eventually be purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the estate sale of Pozzi.  
 

 
Madame Pierre Gauteau (Study) 
   
Notes: 
 

Exhibitions 

Sargent's Women,  Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003 
 

 
 

By:  Natasha Wallace
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Created 10/21/2002
Updated 11/4/2003