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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	Last Judgment Triptych 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel, 163 x 128 cm (central panel), 167 x 60 cm (each wing) Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (exterior view) 1504-08 Grisaille on panel Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (central panel) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel, 163 x 128 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (central panel) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel, 163 x 128 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (detail) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (detail) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (left wing) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (right wing) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (left outer wing) 1504-08 Grisaille on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (detail) 1504-08 Mixed technique on panel Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
	Last Judgment Triptych (right outer wing) 1504-08 Grisaille on panel, 167 x 60 cm Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna