From the Archives: Who Was Madame X? Hamish Bowles Shares the Back Story on John Singer Sargent’s Most Famous Sitter
- Posted on June 1, 2025
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From the Archives: Who Was Madame X? Hamish Bowles Shares the Back Story on John Singer Sargent’s Most Famous Sitter

An ambitious young artist, an amoral beauty. Hamish Bowles looks at the portrait that caused a scandal and almost ruined two lives.