Austreibung der Händler aus dem Tempel

This 1758 painting depicting the expulsion of merchants from the Temple is an unusual biblical subject for Robert, who primarily painted architectural subjects. The temple setting, however, allowed Robert to exercise his architectural imagination within a narrative framework. Robert painted in oil on canvas with a broad confident touch suited to architectural subjects at large scale, using warm ochres and rich browns for masonry contrasting with cool blues for sky. His prolific output of ruin...

The painting combines Robert's architectural expertise with narrative action, using the monumental temple interior as both setting and symbolic element in the biblical scene.