Johann Carl Loth

Biography

He was born in Munich, in the Electorate of Bavaria. According to the biographer, Arnold Houbraken, he was one of the three grand masters of art named "Karel", or "Carl" (the other two were Karel Dujardin and Karel Marat, usually called Carlo Maratta).

He was the son and pupil of and was possibly influenced by Giovan Battista Langetti. He was once commissioned to paint for the emperor Leopold I in Vienna and worked together with Pietro Liberi in Venice, where he lived from 1663 until his death in 1698. His brother Franz (1639–1710) was also a painter in Venice and Germany and often collaborated with Carl.

He had numerous pupils, including , Santo Prunati, Johann Michael Rottmayr, Hans Adam Weissenkircher, Daniel Seiter, and Baron Peter Strudel.

Popularity among Dutch artists

He attracted well-to-do artists, such as Cornelis de Bruijn and Jan van Bunnik, who made trips especially to visit his studio. Willem Drost He is buried in the church of San Luca, Venice.

Collections

His works are mostly in Germany and Italy. Other museums with works by Loth include the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery, London. Burghley House in England has two large paintings in the chapel.

Isaac Blessing Jacob is on long-term loan to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, having recently been reclaimed by the Bloch family, originally from Brno, Czechoslovakia.

In 2023 a Loth painting that had been looted by the Nazis was found after a search of more than 80 years by the family of Jewish Czech industrialist Johann Bloch. Changes in the title and attribution had made the search particularly difficult.

Gallery

File:Isaac Blessing Jacob by Johann Carl Loth.jpg|Isaac Blessing Jacob (Skirball Cultural Center) File:Johann Carl Loth 001.jpg|Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis, 1659 (Kunsthistorisches Museum) File:Johann Carl Loth - Eve Tempting Adam.jpg|Eve Tempting Adam, National Gallery of Canada File:Accademia - Carl Johann Loth - San Romualdo.jpg|Saint Romuald, Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice File:Loth, Johann Carl - Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well - 1670s.jpg|Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well File:Loth Death of Cato.jpg|Death of Cato the Younger File:Johann Carl Loth 003.jpg|Adam Weeping over the Death of Abel File:Johann Carl Loth - Selene en Endymion.jpg|Selene and Endymion

References

• Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Michael Bryan. pp. 78–79.

References

1. [https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/50972 Johann Carl Loth] in the [[RKD]]
2. {{in lang. nl [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0329.htm Drost Biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]
3. and [[Jan Vermeer van Utrecht]] were among his close friends.[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0410.htm Joan vander Meer Biography] in Houbraken
4. [http://www.churchesofvenice.co.uk/sanmarco.htm San Luca church] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-10-07 on website of churches of Venice)
5. Stromberg, Matt. (2023-10-29). "A Jewish Family's Story of Loss and Restitution".
6. "RECLAIMED: A Family Painting {{!}} Skirball Cultural Center".
7. "After an 82-year search, a painting looted by Nazis is returned".