San Agustín, Luz de los Doctos [St. Augustine, Light of the Learned]

This painting features St Augustine, bishop of Hippo at its center. The books, pens, and the inscription Lux Doctorum (Light of the Learned) make clear all the men depicted here are doctors of the Church, recognized as such for their theological work. The painting also offers a repertoire of different vestments connected to distinct ranks in the Catholic clergy. St Augustine wears a red miter on his head, and a cope (large cloak) over his white alb and black cassock. Similarly clad, the man in the lower left corner wears a golden miter. Next to him, the man with a yellow book, wears a tiara on his head, revealing that besides his writings, he also served as the Pope, maximum leader of the Catholic church. The man in the upper right wears the red garments of a Cardinal, senior member of the clergy, including a mozzetta (short shoulder cape), and a biretta on his head. The man in the lower right corner also wears a biretta and a mozetta, but in the black and white of a lower ranking priest.