Fools and Allegory of Gluttony and Lust, with The Wayfarer painted on the external right panel. It is one of the five fragmented triptychs by Bosch that have survived. Several changes were made to the final painting as revealed by modern infrared analyses. A very faint remnant can be seen on a high resolution photo, but the items are not clear. Originally, a flask, rosary, and tumblers were intended to be part of the collection of items in the foreground, but they were never painted. The scan also revealed that the miser's left hand held a goblet while the right, as it appears today, is gesturing toward the money bag. This has been interpreted as an offering to Death. The meaning of the change is unclear, but it has been hypothesized that it could mean an offer of ransom; take my money, don't take me, or an appeal to Death to allow the miser to take his riches with him when he dies. References Sources A Moral Tale, Webmuseum, Paris. Baldass, L. Hieronymus Bosch. Vienna, 1943. Brand-Philip, L. Bosch. New York, 1956. Bryant, Clifton D.; Peck, Dennis L. Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2009. . Chailley, J. "Jerome Bosch et ses symboles. Essai de decryptage." Académie Royale de Belgique, Mémoires de la Classe des Beaux-Arts 15, I: 106-108 Cutler, D. "Bosch and the Narrenschiff: A problem in relationships." Art Bulletin. 51: 272-276. Fiero, Gloria K. "The humanistic Tradition Fifth Edition". 130. Hand, John Oliver; Wolff, Martha. Early Netherlandish Painting. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Oxford University Press, 1987. Jacobs, Lynn F. (Winter 2000). "The Triptychs of Hieronymus Bosch". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 31, No. 4: 1009-1041. Linfert, Carl. Hieronymus Bosch. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989. . Marijnissen, R. H. Hieronymus Bosch, The complete works. Antwerp, 1987. Morganstern, Anne M. (1982). "The Pawns in Bosch's Death and the Miser". Studies in the History of Art. 12: 33–41. Reuterswärd. Hieronymus Bosch. Stockholm, 1970. Schlüter, Lucy; Vinken, Pierre (2000). "The foreground of Bosch's 'Death and the Miser'". Oud Holland. 114, No. 2/4: 69–78. Silver, Larry (December 2001). "God in the Details: Bosch and the Judgment(s)". Art Bulletin. LXXXIII Number 4: 626–650. de Tervarent, G. Attributs et symboles dans l'art profane 1450-1600. Geneva, 1958, I: 34. de Tolnay, Charles. Hieronymus Bosch. New York: Reynal, 1966. . Walker, J. National Gallery of Art. New York, 1995. Wecker, Menachem (April 22