Signature bottom right: 'Jheronimus bosch'.

According the Museum: 'Triptych in the style of Jeroen Bosch (follower) with paradise on the left, the Judgment of God on sinful humanity in the middle and hell on the right. On the left panel, paradise, is a tent in the foreground containing a few people. To the right of the tent, an angel with the blessed. More to the back a river landscape with a ship and people swimming. A pale sun in the sky. In the center panel an edifying Christ between apostles and elders in heaven (above). Below the people who are guilty of the seven deadly sins are led into hell. Scenes from hell are continued on the right panel. The altarpiece is also called the Maeterlinck altar, after the museum curator Louis Materlinck in Ghent, to whose collection the piece belonged at the beginning of the 20th century. According to dendrochronological research from the year 2000, the panel consists of two parts of oak, originating from the Polish-Baltic region. It is reasonable to assume that the wood could be suitable for a panel from 1565 onwards'.

A similar composition of the triptych can be found at Palais Galliera in Paris in 1963, Gemaldegalerie Berlin 2017 and at the auction by Sotheby's in London in 1980. Fragments of the side panels in color of this painting have been identified with an unknown private collection in New York.