This is the most crowded painting in the series, and the most violent in motion. Jesus stands in the center with a whip of cords raised, and the temple court breaks apart around Him: tables overturned, coins spilled, men scrambling and shielding their heads.
Look for the small things Bloch adds. A dove escapes at the upper left, freed from a seller’s cage. A basket tips on a man’s shoulder. A rolled scroll and a white turban lie on the floor among the coins.
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