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.)
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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
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