1882 (ca.), John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Madame Allouard-Jouan (Emma Cadiot) -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: This sensitive depiction of Sargent's close friend Emma Allouard-Jouan (1836-1918) was described by novelist Henry James as "a masterly rendering of the look of experience... slightly faded and eminently sensitive and distinguished." Allouard-Jouan was a prolific and successful playwright, translator, and society columnist who moved in the same circles as several of Sargent's friends and patrons, including Edouard Pailleron, Samuel Pozzi, and Judith Gautier. As a journalist, she publicized the activities of both Sargent and Virginie Amélie Gautreau; her column was the first to share the news that Sargent was painting a portrait of the famous society beauty. Gautreau would later confide to her that the painting, Madame X, was "a masterpiece." Sargent inscribed this portrait to Allouard-Jouan as "a testimony of friendship."
1882 (ca.), John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Madame Allouard-Jouan (Emma Cadiot) -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: This sensitive depiction of Sargent's close friend Emma Allouard-Jouan (1836-1918) was described by novelist Henry James as "a masterly rendering of the look of experience... slightly faded and eminently sensitive and distinguished." Allouard-Jouan was a prolific and successful playwright, translator, and society columnist who moved in the same circles as several of Sargent's friends and patrons, including Edouard Pailleron, Samuel Pozzi, and Judith Gautier. As a journalist, she publicized the activities of both Sargent and Virginie Amélie Gautreau; her column was the first to share the news that Sargent was painting a portrait of the famous society beauty. Gautreau would later confide to her that the painting, Madame X, was "a masterpiece." Sargent inscribed this portrait to Allouard-Jouan as "a testimony of friendship."