Carmelites (Lat. Ordo Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) "Brothers of Our Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel", a Roman Catholic order of contemplative mendicant friars.
Martyrdom of the Carmelites
1517
Wall painting
Carmelite Cloister, Frankfurt ...
Founded in Palestine in the 12th century, the Carmelites were originally hermits. In the 13th century the order was refounded as an order resembling the Dominicans and Franciscans.
Elijah held special significance for the Carmelites, who, as their name suggests, traced their origin to Elijah in the Jordan valley. The faith and moral austerity of these men could have appealed to many other patrons as well.
The Death of the Virgin was refused by the Carmelites because of the indignity of the Virgin's plebeian features, bared legs, and swollen belly.
 See also: Painting, Baroque, Tempera, Renaissance, Roman
  
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