View of Middelburg

View of Middelburg from around 1650 places Peeters in the tradition of topographical harbour painting that celebrated specific Dutch and Flemish cities through their maritime approaches. Middelburg was the capital of Zeeland province and an important commercial centre, its harbour active with the trade of the Zeelandic chamber of the VOC. The perspective from the water—showing the city's distinctive church towers and harbour fortifications—was a conventional viewpoint that simultaneously flattered the city and demonstrated the painter's technical command of combined architecture and marine subjects. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp holds this canvas as an example of Peeters's documentary as well as aesthetic ambitions.

The challenge of combining precise architectural topography with marine elements is met through a carefully structured composition: the city occupies the background in a horizontal band while vessels fill the middle and foreground. De Vlieger's tonal influence is visible in the sky treatment, despite Peeters's Flemish training.