Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 24 (Sale info: For Sale).
A young girl is plucking the leaves of a flower by way of testing the feelings of her lover. It is an old chance game familiar in Flanders; three phrases are repeated successively, and the one spoken as the last leaf is plucked, decides the question. There is a mingled coquetry and seriousness in the girl's expression and the coloring and design are highly artistic. [P. 11.]
Catalogue of Oil Paintings and Statuary, by the Modern Belgian Masters, exhibiting and for sale. De Braekeleer, Jr., sole accredited agent for the Belgian School in the United States of America, 547 Broadway. New-York: Sackett & Co., Book and Job Printers, No. 53 Nassau Street, near Malden Lane. 1853.