Viceregal School. Cuzco. Peru. 18th century. 'Our Lady of Mount Carmel giving her scapular to St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas' Oil on canvas. 128,5 x 104 cm.   Magnificent painting of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patroness of South America, giving her scapular to the patrons of two of the great orders that went to preach in the continent: St. Augustine, on the left, and St. Thomas Aquinas on the right, both Doctors of the Church. This Peruvian painting represents the Virgin of Carmel with extreme delicacy, as a crowned Queen, creating figures of remarkable beauty in a limited space, a beauty understood through the ideological assumptions of worship during the period.  This is a refined painting of well arranged chromatic richness, in a triangular composition, with quality in the composition and distribution of two subtle and expressive angels in the sky, . Crowned as Queen, and without her Son in her arms, she gives St. Augustine his scapular, a symbol of that yoke that Jesus invites us to carry, and that Mary helps to carry, a sign of Christian identity. The saint holds a book on which rests the model of a Church, objects that refer to the life of St. Augustine, as writer and philosopher, and pillar and defender of the Church. He considered the Church holy in its doctrine and sacraments, and saw the body of Christ in the work and virtues of its members. We see, on the other side, St. Thomas Aquinas, with a pen in his hand, symbol of his work as a teacher, philosopher and theologian, writer of the Summa Theologica, the Summa contra Gentiles and a great introducer of Aristotelian philosophy. Let us not forget that the Virgin of Mount Carmel is one of the most important Marian devotions in Latin America, as mother, mediator, symbol of defense against invasions and patroness of the emancipation process. The artist is extremely detailed in their brushstrokes, painting the Virgin with an empathetic and serene expression, slightly bent, bringing the mother of God closer, as she rests her eyes on the patrons of two religious orders who kneel at her feet; the saints contemplate her humbly. In short, this is a painting full of details in its figures, attributes and clothing, as well as psychology in the faces, which made them more appealing to the parishioners. It is topped with a carved and gilded period frame that echoes the stripes on the Virgin's habit and closes the scene very well.