This triptych features three elegant portraits of the same woman in formal evening gowns, each rendered with a focus on grace, poise, and luxurious fabric. The left image shows her in a black satin dress with jeweled straps, standing beside a table with one hand resting on its edge, her body turned in profile against a muted brown backdrop. The central portrait presents her in a soft, blush-toned gown with sheer, flowing fabric gathered at the waist, her profile sharply defined against a dark background, emphasizing her pale skin and red hair. In the rightmost painting, she is depicted from behind in a gleaming champagne-colored gown, turning slightly as she holds a smoking incense stick or cigar, the smoke drifting into the dark air. Across the three images, the woman is consistently shown in profile, exuding an air of aristocratic elegance and quiet defiance.

John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Madame X (1884) + Gustave Courtois, Madame Gautreau (1891) + Antonio de La Gándara, Madame Pierre Gautreau (1898)

3 portraits of Mme Gautreau made (in)famous by Sargent

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