The Banquet of the Rich Glutton name "Epulone" has been attached in Italy to the rich man, but also generically refers to a "feaster" (with pejorative gluttonous suggestion). The etymology of the word comes from a banquet sometime prepared in honor of the gods. The painting depicts a rich man after completion of his meal, with empty plates, surrounded by servants, while in the background, is the beggar Lazarus. The painting was purchased in 1895 from a Monte di Pietà, where such a painting would have resonated as both a "memento mori" and counsel towards charity. The painting would have been thematically antithetical to the still
Triumph of the Name of Jesus horns. Others are in the process of transforming into hound light creatures. They have tormented faces, some shielding their faces from the harsh heavenly light. Gaulli has adapted the "Triumph of the Name of Jesus" to extend both downward to the viewers and upward into the illusionistic heavens. Relying on his friend Bernini to influence and inspire one of his greatest works. Illusionistic ceiling paintings began to move in new directions after the completion of this piece. Gaulli's fresco has a complexity to it, making it a work worthy of a High Baroque status. Triumph of the Name of Jesus