St. Lutgardis drinks the Blood of Christ.

Cornelis Galle / [Nuns]. S. Lutgardis Monialis in Aquiria, Ord. Cist. S.l. [Antwerp]: C. Galle, [17th century]. [8.9 x 7.2 cm], [1] f. engraving. Minor toning, minor dustiness, fold, trimmed on platemark at lower edge, remnants of mounting on verso and front bottom right corner. 
 
 
Unrecorded devotional engraving by the Antwerp printmaker Cornelis Galle the Younger (1615-1678) depicting the Benedictine-Cistercian mystic St. Lutgardis (1182-1246) drinking the blood of Christ on the Cross. 
 
Generally known as Lutgardis of Aywières, Lutgardis of Tongres, or Lutgardis of Aquiria, the nun is shown grasping Christ around his waist and drinking from the lance wound in his side. Christ reciprocates the embrace by placing his right arm over the shoulder of Lutgardis. The scene takes place on an outdoor terrace and is framed by a decorative foliate motif.
 
During her visions, Lutgardis bled and levitated. Her most famous vision, in which she exchanged hearts with Christ, marked her as a precursor of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Lutgardis’s vision of drinking the Blood of Christ occurred during the Eucharist, when the altar Crucifix came to life. Here we see a theatrical, baroque version of the event. The best-known image of St. Lutgardis today is perhaps Goya’s painting of her (1787) at the Real Monasterio de San Joaquín y Santa Ana in Valladolid.
 
 
OCLC and KVK locate no examples of this engraving, nor have I seen it reproduced in the literature on Lutgardis.
 
* T. Merton, What are these Wounds?: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic: Saint Lutgarde of Aywières; Guido Hendrix, Ontmoetingen met Lutgart van Tongeren: Benedictines en Cisterciënzerin, (1182-1246-1996); Yolande Spaans and Ludo Jongen, eds., Het leven van Lutgard: Bloemlezing uit het Kopenhaagse handschrift.