Interior of the Jesuit Church in Bruges

Peeters employs a strong chiaroscuro to emphasize the contrast between illuminated surfaces and shadowed recesses, enhancing the perception of depth. The rendering of architectural elements—columns, arches, and the lofty ceiling—shows a precise, almost photographic accuracy, while the human figures are rendered with a softer, more expressive brushstroke.

Completed in 1700, the painting has remained in public collections, eventually entering the Statens Museum for Kunst. Its provenance reflects the museum’s focus on European Baroque art, and the work has been displayed alongside other Flemish architectural scenes to illustrate the period’s interest in grand interior spaces.

Peeters specialized in architectural vedute, a genre that combined meticulous perspective with imagined or staged activity. This piece exemplifies the Flemish Baroque fascination with monumental church interiors, a theme also explored by contemporaries such as Pieter Neefs the Younger, who similarly populated sacred spaces with lively figures.