This painting was the central panel of a triptych dedicated to Saint Augustine. The left wing is lost and right wing is now in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. The composition is divided into five scenes: in the center Saint Augustine is consecrated bishop of Hippo; in the upper left Saint Augustine is ordained; in the lower left Saint Augustine preaches while his mother, Monica, says the rosary; in the upper right Saint Augustine converses with a boy who says that filling a hole in the sand with the sea is no more difficult than explaining the trinity, and in the lower right Saint Augustine preaches. Of particular interest in this panel are the detailed and richly depicted varieties of ecclesiastical vestments and altar implements, many examples of which are in the Treasury.
