Detail of Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) Although Sargent had difficulty selecting the best pose for Madame Gautreau, most of his preliminary ideas focus on the sitter's most striking feature, her profile. In the final painting, she wears a crescent-moon headdress, attribute of Diana, goddess of the hunt.
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