Prof. Peter Klein, in collaboration with Matthijs Ilsink, has cataloged the painting, which is based on a drawing by Jan Wellens de Cock in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (RP-B-OB-2242), the report of which was published on 14 October 2011.

The present painting is a fine example of the highly popular Bosschian genre of painting, which developed in the course of the 16th century in Antwerp and elsewhere, adapting Bosch's specific thematic and formal idiom in numerous variations and imitations. This idiom was mostly distributed through prints, for instance by Hieronymus Cock and Alart du Hameel. The rooster-like creature with a peacock feather shaped ear in the lower right corner in the present composition, and the small humanoid figure with the headdress in the foreground, also appear in the engraving of the 'Last Judgement' after Bosch by Alart du Hameel (Holl. 2). The female figure may derive from Jan Mandijn, as she also appears in painting of the same subject attributed to the studio of Mandijn (Drouot, Paris, 10 November 1975, lot 49).