Dramatic scene of a classical temple being destroyed by an angel and its occupants attacked by satyr-like daemons. The central figure of a huge destroying angel, in the upper part of the composition, soars through the temple decked with golden statues, leaving a trail of fire and crumbling temple columns to the left. In the foreground is a chaotic scene of the semi-nude figures of men and women under attack and desperately trying to escape from a group of dark, muscular demons with pointed ears who advance from the right, brutalising and carrying away semi-nude female figures and, in the centre foreground, a demon figure wields a metal chain over the bodies of figures lying on the floor. Seated behind this central figure-group, are two women and a man, watching in confused horror and clinging to one another.