Interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp (Archduke Leopold Wilhelm received by the clergy)

Interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp, depicting Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's reception by the clergy, connects Peeters to one of the most significant political figures in mid-seventeenth-century Flanders. Leopold Wilhelm was Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands from 1647 to 1656 and one of the greatest art collectors of his age—his collection formed the nucleus of what would become the Kunsthistorisches Museum's holdings. The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna holds this oak panel, making it literally part of the legacy of the man it depicts. The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp—with its Rubens altarpieces and Gothic grandeur—was the most prestigious ecclesiastical setting in the Spanish Netherlands, and Peeters captures its height and luminosity.

The immense scale of the Gothic nave is conveyed through the tiny relative size of the figures below soaring vaulted arches. Peeters renders the stone columns and ceiling through cool grey-white tones that contrast with the warm tones of the clergy's robes and the Archduke's court dress. Candlelight and window light interact across the interior.