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| Johann Carl Loth Mercury piping to Argus ca. 1655-60 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
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| attributed to Johann Carl Loth Selene and Endymion ca. 1660-80 oil on canvas Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Johann Carl Loth The Good Samaritan ca. 1676 oil on canvas Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden, Franconia |
"Johann Carl Loth apprenticed under his father, Bavarian court painter, Johann Ulrich Loth, who had been deeply influenced by Roman painting of the early 1600s. Johann Carl himself went to Rome at some point after 1653. By 1656 he was in Venice, where he remained for life and became one of the best-known Venetian painters of his day. In Venice Loth worked under Giovanni Battista Langetti, a follower of Luca Giordano, under whom he discovered the art of naturalism and tenebrism that had originated with Caravaggio. Loth incorporated those effects along with Langetti's dramatic chiaroscuro; having found his own style, he deviated little from it for the rest of his career. Loth primarily painted altar and easel pictures dominated by the nude figure. The Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and other monarchs and ambassadors purchased many of his paintings. His Venetian studio became a virtual 'picture factory' to meet the great demand for his paintings. In 1692 he was appointed court painter to the Emperor."
– from curator's notes at the Getty Museum
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| Johann Carl Loth Old Peasant lighting a Pipe ca. 1660 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Johann Carl Loth Diogenes before 1698 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Johann Carl Loth Susannah and the Elders ca. 1675-98 oil on canvas Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Johann Carl Loth St Jerome before 1698 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Johann Carl Loth St Paul before 1698 oil on canvas National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Johann Carl Loth Mercury before 1698 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Johann Carl Loth Sacrifice of Isaac before 1698 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Johann Carl Loth Jupiter and Ganymede before 1698 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Johann Carl Loth Triumph of Neptune (study for ceiling decoration) before 1698 drawing Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Johann Carl Loth The Harpies attacking Aeneas and his Companions (study for ceiling decoration) ca. 1670-90 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Johann Carl Loth Lamentation before 1698 drawing British Museum |