Career
He is also called Johann Karl, Karel, Carlotto, and Carlo Lotti. According to Houbraken he was one of three grand masters of art called "Karel" (the other two were Karel Dujardin and Karel Marat. He was the son and pupil of Johann Ulrich Loth (1590–1662) and was possibly influenced by Giovan Battista Langetti.
He was commissioned to paint for the emperor Leopold I in Vienna.
He worked together with Pietro Liberi in Venice, where he was during the years 1663-1698. He had numerous pupils including Michael Wenzel Halbax, Santo Prunati, the painters from Laufen Johann Michael Rottmayr & Hans Adam Weissenkircher, Daniel Seiter, and (Baron) Peter Strudel.
He attracted well-to-do artists who made trips especially to visit his studio, such as Cornelis de Bruijn and January van Bunnik. He is buried in the San Luca church in Venice.
Museums that own works by Loth include the Art Institute of Chicago and the Bergen Art Museum in Bergen, Norway (Martyr).
