Peter Candid was an important designer for the weaving workshop which had been set up by Duke Maximilian. It was managed by the Flemish master weaver Hans van der Biest. Van der Biest had been invited from Flanders by the Duke to set up a tapestry workshop with craftsmen from the Low Countries in 1604.
Peter Candid was a designer at the weaving workshop established by Duke Maximilian and overseen by Hans van der Biest, a Flemish master weaver who was invited from Flanders by the Duke to establish the workshop with artisans from the Low Countries in 1604.