John Singer Sargent, The Real Story

John Singer Sargent, The story behind the famous painting of the young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau is most interesting. A very young John Sargent in 1881 had met her at a social gathering and was immediately struck by her beauty or more correctly - her paintable beauty. So he contacted a mutual friend to see if she would consent to sit for a portrait, which he planned for the salon. His 7 previous years of showing at the Salon had immediate successes, but this time would be different.

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