{{Short description|Flemish Baroque painter (1617–1667)}} '''Peter de Witte''' (1617, Antwerp, to 1667, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter.
==Biography== According to the Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken, the painter whose name was spelled Peter de Wit was worthy of indexing in Houbraken's ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (''The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters'') (1718), with a snippet of poetry about deWit by Cornelis de Bie that mentioned de Wit's talents as a landscape painter.<ref name=HGC>Het Gulden Cabinet, p 393</ref><ref name=Houbraken>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0249.htm Peter de Wit of Antwerp mentioned] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature</ref>
De Witte was the illegitimate son of Pieter de Witte II and the brother of Gaspar de Witte and Jan Baptist.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/85192 Peter de Witte] in the RKD</ref> After learning to paint landscapes from his father, he travelled to Italy, and on his return he became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1646.<ref name=RKD/> His pupil was Philips Bonnecroy.<ref name=RKD/> No works have been attributed to him specifically, though de Bie's poem mentions various birds, and a bird illustration decorates the page of the book with the poem on it.<ref name=HGC/>
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==External links== *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/pieter-de-witte/past-auction-results Peter de Witte] Auction results on Artnet
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