1500s Italian Garden Attributed to Peter Candid (c. 1548–1628)

1500s Flowers for the Garden attributed to Peter de Witte, known in Italy as Pietro Candido & in Bavaria as Peter Candid (c. 1548–1628) was a Flemish-born Mannerist painter, tapestry designer, & draughtsman active in Italy and Bavaria. He was an important artist at the Medici court in Florence & at the Bavarian court of Duke William V and his successor Maximilian I in Munich. Peter Candid was an extremely versatile artist who was not only a painter but also a designer of tapestries, prints and sculptures. His pictorial work ranges from religious & history paintings, portraits, mythological scenes, & allegories.