{{short description|German painter}}
{{Redirect|Carlotto||Carlotto (name)}} [[File:Franck Deutsche Künstler-Gallerie 1818 Bild 39.jpg|thumb|215px|Johann Carl Loth, lithograph from the ''Deutsche Künstler-Gallerie'' by Maximilian Franck]] [[File:Johann Carl Loth - Alegorija Pobjede.jpg|thumb|''Allegory of Victory'', [[sanguine (red chalk)|sanguine]] ]] '''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.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/50972 Johann Carl Loth] in the [[RKD]]</ref>
He specialized in [[history painting]]s; generally crowded group scenes. His subjects were typically from classical mythology or the [[Old Testament]].
==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).<ref name=Houbraken>{{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]]</ref>
He was the son and pupil of {{ill|Johann Ulrich Loth|de}}<ref name=RKD/> and was possibly influenced by [[Giovan Battista Langetti]]. He was once commissioned to paint for the emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] in [[Vienna]] and worked together with [[Pietro Liberi]] in Venice, where he lived from 1663 until his death in 1698.<ref name=RKD/> His brother Franz (1639–1710) was also a painter in Venice and Germany and often collaborated with Carl.
He had numerous pupils, including {{ill|Michael Wenzel Halbax|de}}, [[Santo Prunati]], [[Johann Michael Rottmayr]], [[Hans Adam Weissenkircher]], [[Daniel Seiter]], and Baron [[Peter Strudel]].<ref name=RKD/>
==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]]<ref name=Houbraken/> and [[Jan Vermeer van Utrecht]] were among his close friends.<ref>[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0410.htm Joan vander Meer Biography] in Houbraken</ref> He is buried in the church of [[San Luca, Venice]].<ref>[http://www.churchesofvenice.co.uk/sanmarco.htm San Luca church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007042345/http://www.churchesofvenice.co.uk/sanmarco.htm |date=2013-10-07 }} on website of churches of Venice</ref>
== 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.
''[[c:File:Isaac_Blessing_Jacob_by_Johann_Carl_Loth.jpg|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stromberg |first=Matt |date=2023-10-29 |title=A Jewish Family's Story of Loss and Restitution |url=http://hyperallergic.com/853297/a-jewish-familys-story-of-loss-and-restitution-reclaimed-skirball-cultural-center/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RECLAIMED: A Family Painting {{!}} Skirball Cultural Center |url=https://www.skirball.org/museum/reclaimed-family-painting |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.skirball.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=After an 82-year search, a painting looted by Nazis is returned |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/arts/2023/10/26/painting-stolen-by-nazis-finally-returned |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=spectrumnews1.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> 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<br> over the Death of Abel'' File:Johann Carl Loth - Selene en Endymion.jpg|''[[Selene]] and [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]]'' </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}} *''Dictionary of Painters and Engravers''. Michael Bryan. pp. 78–79.
== External links == {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/johann-karl-loth/past-auction-results Johann Carl Loth] on [[Artnet]] {{Authority control}}
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