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Johann Carl Loth (Baptized 8 August 1632 – 6 October 1698) was a German Baroque painter who spent most of his life in Venice. His name is also rendered as Johann Karl, Karel and, in Italy, Carlotto or Carlo Lotti.Johann Carl Loth
in the RKD He specialized in

history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...

s; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects were typically from classical mythology or the

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Biography

He was born in Munich, Bavaria. According to the biographer,

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, he was one of the three grand masters of art named "Karel", or "Carl" (the other two were

Karel Dujardin Karel Dujardin (September 27, 1626November 20, 1678) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Although he did a few portraits and a few history paintings of religious subjects, most of his work is small Italianate landscape scenes with animals and peasan ...

and Karel Marat, usually called Carlo Maratta).Drost Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He was the son and pupil of and was possibly influenced by

Giovan Battista Langetti Giovanni Battista Langetti (1625–1676), also known as Giambattista Langetti, was an Italian late- Baroque painter. He was active in his native Genoa, then Rome, and finally for the longest period in Venice. He first trained with Assereto, th ...

. 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 ,

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, and Baron Peter Strudel.

Popularity among Dutch artists

He attracted well-to-do artists, such as Cornelis de Bruijn and

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.San Luca church
on website of churches of Venice His works are mostly in Germany and Italy. Other museums with works by Loth include the

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and the

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in England has two large paintings in the chapel.

Gallery

Image: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 Accademia - Carl Johann Loth - San Romualdo.jpg, ''Saint

Romuald Romuald ( la, Romualdus; 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism".John Howe, "The Awesome Hermit: The Symbolic ...

'', Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice Loth, Johann Carl - Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well - 1670s.jpg, ''Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well'' Loth Death of Cato.jpg, ''Death of Cato the Younger'' Johann Carl Loth 003.jpg, ''Adam Weeping
over the Death of Abel'' Johann Carl Loth - Selene en Endymion.jpg, '' Selene and

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References

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

External links

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on

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