By inviting attention, but not necessarily attraction, "Gautreau through Sargent brazenly defied the conventions for feminine display, and in so doing spurned the visible signs of masculine possession." [27] Deborah Davis, author of Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X , notes that women were particularly vocal about their disapproval of Madame X , "as if to assert their moral superiority." Davis also explains that, while there were plenty of nude paintings exhibited alongside Madame X , none of which were the subject of scandal, "nude women in paintings could be only historical or mythological figures, or anonymous types." While Gautreau's identity was technically obscured in the title, it was widely known
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