Among the best-known scenes from this triptych are the following:
- The painting shows Adam waking from a deep sleep to find God holding Eve by her wrist and giving the sign of his blessing to their union, says Wikipedia. God is younger-looking than on the outer panels, blue-eyed and with golden curls. Adam is touching God's hem with his feet.
- In the center panel: Fantastic creatures mingle with the real; otherwise ordinary fruits appear engorged to a gigantic size. The figures are engaged in diverse amorous sports and activities, both in couples and in groups. Gibson describes them as behaving "overtly and without shame."
The two outer springs also contain both men and women cavorting with abandon. Around them, birds infest the water while winged fish crawl on land. Humans inhabit giant shells. All are surrounded by over-sized fruit pods and eggshells, and both humans and animals feast on strawberries and cherries.
- In the Hell panel: cities are on fire in the background; war, torture chambers, infernal taverns, and demons are in the midground; and mutated animals feeding on human flesh are in the foreground.[50] The nakedness of the human figures has lost all its eroticism, and figures now attempt to cover their genitalia and breasts with their hands.
The tree-man's torso is formed from a broken eggshell, and the supporting trunk has thorn-like branches which pierce the fragile body.
Also: a gigantic bird-headed monster feasting on human corpses, which he excretes through a cavity below him,[50] into the transparent chamber pot on which he sits.[54] The monster is sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Hell."
And a pair of human ears brandishing a blade.
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