Interior of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp

Jacob Balthasar Peeters painted Interior of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp in 1712 as an oil on canvas architectural cityscape. The work entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains on view.

The painting was commissioned to depict the interior of the Carolus Borromeuskerk in Antwerp, reflecting the Jesuit order’s emphasis on visual preaching within sacred space. Executed in oil paint, it belongs to the cityscape genre and showcases Peeters’s skill in rendering interior architectural detail.

The work’s creation history is anchored in 1712, when Peeters was active in Antwerp producing large-scale interior vistas for ecclesiastical patrons. Its provenance is documented through the Statens Museum for Kunst’s acquisition records, confirming continuous ownership by the institution since acquisition.

The painting Interior of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst. Created in 1712 by Jacob Balthasar Peeters, the work depicts the Carolus Borromeuskerk. The provided sources confirm the artwork's location and creator but do not contain specific inventory numbers or a record of its exhibition history.

Jacob Balthasar Peeters, a Flemish painter active around the turn of the 18th century, created an oil painting in 1712 that records the interior of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp. The work belongs to the Flemish Baroque tradition of architectural capriccio, combining meticulous observation with imaginative composition. It is presently part of the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.