[2] The 2008 movie In Bruges features the work in a scene where the main characters visit the Groeningemuseum.

As in other contemporary Flemish triptychs, the shutters are externally painted in grisaille with a Coronation with Thorns.

In the central panel is Christ as a judge within a celestial sphere, flanked by angels who are playing the Trumpets of Last Judgement, and by the apostles.

The tower is a symbol of the Fountain of Eternal Youth, a more articulate version of which appears in the Garden of Delights.

The central panel is mostly occupied by insect-like demons who torture the men, with punishments that include burning, eating impure food (the gluttonous) etc., all inspired by Netherlandish Proverbs.