While sin and folly occupy a prominent place in Bosch's art, their significance can be fully appreciated only within the context of a larger medieval theme, the Last Judgment. The preparation for this Final Day was one of the chief concerns of the medieval Church. In Bosch's days the terrors of the Final Reckoning were intensified by a general sense of its imminence. Nowhere, however, was this chronic anxiety of the age given more vivid expression than in Bosch's imposing Last Judgment triptych in Vienna, executed probably during his middle period.

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Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Triptych of Last Judgement (central panel) - Oil on panel, 164 x 127 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna	900*1120 True Color 163 Kb
	Triptych of Last Judgement (left wing) - Oil on panel, 167,7 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna	500*1525 True Color 142 Kb
	Triptych of Last Judgement (right wing) - Oil on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna	500*1503 True Color 130 Kb
	Triptych of Last Judgement (left outer wing) - Grisaille on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna	500*1554 True Color 112 Kb
	Triptych of Last Judgement (right outer wing) - Grisaille on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna	500*1535 True Color 109 Kb