The Banquet of the Rich Glutton

The Banquet of a Rich Glutton is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Baroque painter Mattia Preti, executed c. 1665.

The subject of this painting derives from the parable of the rich man and Lazarus found in the gospel of Luke 16: 19–31.

The name Epulone has been attached in Italy to the rich man, but also generically refers to a feaster (with pejorative gluttonous suggestion).

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.

[1] The painting would have been thematically antithetical to the still life works depicting a cornucopia of a contemporary rich man's kitchen.