People get upset when it’s not on view,” said Stephanie L. Herdrich, curator of American painting and drawing at the Met.

John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X” (1884). New Yorkers have come to well know the portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, the sinuous contours of whom have been in the museum’s permanent collection ...

The show at New York's Met covers Sargent's journey to becoming the hottest portrait painter in Paris, and includes his infamous Madame X John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is justifiably known for his ...