Submitted by Austin Chinn, Dec 6, 2007 22:03

It is interesting that you name Mme. Gautreau as the title of the painting. While her name is Mme. Gautreau, she is Madame X and that is the actual title of the work, a title of longstanding, used at the time it was shown in the Salon and the title given it by Sargent.

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