Packet 12: Bonus 14
The journal L’Évenement criticized the comtesse Zamoiska by claiming that her dress had a “neckline à la [this figure].” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this person who, in an 1884 portrait, wears a white dress while holding a fan and facing away from the viewer. In a different portrait, this woman wears a crescent tiara symbolizing the goddess Diana.
ANSWER: Madame X [or Virginie Gautreau or Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau; accept Portrait of Madame X] (The first portrait is by Antonio de La Gandara.)
[10e] Sargent’s Portrait of Madame X was highly controversial in large part due to its positioning of this part of Gautreau’s dress, which Sargent later changed from resting on Gautreau’s arm.
ANSWER: shoulder strap
[10h] Gautreau attempted to re-enter public consciousness by commissioning a portrait from this artist in which she wears a pearl bracelet and a white dress whose left strap deliberately hangs off her shoulder.
ANSWER: Gustave Courtois [or Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois]
<SL, Visual Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-12
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| Indiana | Muscle Mass Extinction Event | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
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| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |