
John Singer Sargent, seduction and the silent power of his portraits on display at The Met
Left: John Singer Sargent’s “Portrait de la vicomtesse de Paillade – Château de Blérancourt”; Right, Sargent’s infamous “Madame X” Photos by Avalon Ashley Bellos When John Singer Sargent arrived in Paris in the spring of 1874 — barely 18, impossibly gifted …