The Annunciation, ca. 1585, Oil on wood, 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in. (231. 8 x 173. 3 cm), Paintings, Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548?1628 Munich), Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, where he began his career as painter and designer of tapestries. In this grand altarpiece, the Angel Gabriel along with God the Father and the Holy Spirit rush into Mary?s bedroom in a blaze of light and color as they announce that she will bear a child