It may be a response to a now-lost work in which a young woman attached pieces of boxwood to pictures of her parents, Albert Stevens's Palm Sunday.  It may take its name from a character in The Dialogue of the Foolish Virgins and the Wise Virgins by Zacharie Astruc, whose poem about this work was quoted by its artist in response to questions about its meaning.  In earlier works, the artist depicted the model for this work "in the costume of an espada" and as a "street singer."  The subject of the painting wears a black ribbon around her neck and a pink flower in her ha
It may be a response to a now-lost work in which a young woman attached pieces of boxwood to pictures of her parents, Albert Stevens's Palm Sunday.  It may take its name from a character in The Dialogue of the Foolish Virgins and the Wise Virgins by Zacharie Astruc, whose poem about this work was quoted by its artist in response to questions about its meaning.  In earlier works, the artist depicted the model for this work "in the costume of an espada" and as a "street singer."  The subject of the painting wears a black ribbon around her neck and a pink flower in her hair, while a bouquet of flowers is brought to her by a servant.  A portrayal of Victorine Meurent, it also features a small black cat.  FTP, name this 1863 painting of a reclining nude whose left hand covers her genitals, a work by Edouard Manet.
It may be a response to a now-lost work in which a young woman attached pieces of boxwood to pictures of her parents, Albert Stevens's Palm Sunday.  
Olympia