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Johann Karl (Carl or Carlotto) Loth BIOGRAPHY
1632 Munich, Germany - 1698 Venice, Italy. Known for: Baroque history, allegorical and classical mythology painting, teaching.
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... Read full biography
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. He specialized in history paintings; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects... Read full biography
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. He specialized in history paintings; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects were typically from classical mythology or the Old Testament. He was born in Munich. According to the biographer, Arnold Houbraken, he was one of the three grand masters of art named "Karel", or "Carl"... Read full biography
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. He specialized in history paintings; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects were typically from classical mythology or the Old Testament. He was born in Munich. 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 Johann Ulrich Loth [de] and was possibly influenced by Giovan Battista Langetti. He was once commissioned to paint for the emperor Leopold I... Read full biography
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. He specialized in history paintings; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects were typically from classical mythology or the Old Testament. He was born in Munich. 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 Johann Ulrich Loth [de] 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 (... Read full biography
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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.
He specialized in history paintings; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects were typically from classical mythology or the Old Testament.
He was born in Munich. 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 Johann Ulrich Loth [de] and was possibly influenced by Giovan Battista Langetti. He was once commissioned to paint for t...But wait, there's more...
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