St. Gertrude the Great, ora pro nobis!

Attrib. to Isidoro Arredondo (c1657-1712),

The Vision of St. Gertrude the Great (St Gertrude of Helfta) with St Augustine and the Holy Trinity (c1673-1712)

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham

St. Gertrude kneels at the bottom on the right in a nun's habit with a chain around her neck composed of the letters GERTR and a hear-shaped locket with a representation of the Infant Christ.

The Museum speculates on the identity of the male on the left:

"The male saint with the flaming heart may be Saint Augustine, who also wrote on the subject of visionary contemplation."

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