Focus on Death and the Miser and analyze the Physical analysis.
The painting is believed to be the inside of the right panel of a triptych, which has since been divided and no longer exists as a whole. The other surviving portions of the triptych are The Ship of 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.
Allegory of Gluttony and Lust rosary sin Death miser The Ship of Fools The Wayfarer triptych left