Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, (painting).

Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, (painting).

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12 1/2 x 16 1/8 in. (31.7 x 41 cm)

(Upper right:) a Me Avegno temoignage d'amitie/John S. Sargent signed

Waist-length portrait of Madame Gautreau (1859-1915) seated at a table by lamplight. Her right arm is outstretched, holding a glass and reaching across the table, near some flowers. Her head is tilted, and she looks towards the glass and flowers. Her left arm is tucked in, resting on the table edge.

Portrait female -- Gautreau, Pierre, Mrs. (Virginie Avegno) -- Waist length

Ceremony -- Other -- Toast

Recreation -- Leisure -- Eating & Drinking

Object -- Flower

Object -- Other -- Dish

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2 Palace Road, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: P3W41

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 116.

Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.

Hendy, Philip, Sir, "European and American paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum," Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1974.

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 117.

Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982, pl. 121.

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