Madame X is also the informal title of a portrait by John Singer Sargent of a young female socialite named Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of Pierre Gautreau. The portrait was characterized by the pale flesh tone of the subject, while her pose was considered suggestive of prostitution or lasciviousness.

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• Madame X (http://www.artchive.com/artchive/S/sargent/madame_x.jpg.html)