He was probably trained by his painter father. Loth settled in Venice by 1660 and was much influenced by Venetian art. In Italy he is often called Carlotto. He produced chiefly mythological and historical pictures.
Johann Carl Loth
1632 - 1698
Paintings by Johann Carl Loth
A white cow, once a mortal woman named Io, emerges from the shadows at the edge of this picture. Io had caught the eye of the god Jupiter, and he had transformed her in order to protect her from the wrath of his wife Juno. The plan backfired when Juno decided to claim the animal for herself, sett...
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