View of the Pier of Antwerp from the Vlaams Hoofd

View of the Pier of Antwerp from the Vlaams Hoofd from around 1650 takes its viewpoint from the Flemish Head—the promontory on the Scheldt's east bank from which Antwerp's river approaches could be surveyed. Peeters knew this geography intimately, having lived and worked in its vicinity, and the topographical specificity here goes beyond mere convention. The Scheldt pier was a crucial structure for controlling access to Antwerp, and paintings of it served both documentary and celebratory functions in a period when Antwerp was struggling to maintain relevance against Dutch commercial dominance. Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp holds this canvas in a collection specifically dedicated to the city's maritime and commercial history, where Peeters's work belongs as primary evidence.

The viewpoint looking from land toward the river and pier creates an unusual compositional arrangement that foregrounds the architectural structure. The Scheldt's broad expanse is handled in Peeters's characteristic horizontal-stroke method, with a luminous sky above the flat Flemish landscape beyond the far bank.