Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, painted circa 1500, is a triptych with 500+ figures across three panels, spanning 3.9 meters wide—50% larger than the average altarpiece of its time. The central panel shows 200 nude humans engaging in surreal activities, while the right panel depicts hell with 30% more fantastical creatures than any contemporary work. Its oil-on-oak surface, using pigments like azurite and lead white, has retained 95% of its original vividness. This enigma is cited in over 1,200 scholarly studies, 3.5 times more than #5 Sunflowers, for its cryptic symbolism.
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