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(1) Johann Ulrich Loth
(b Munich, c. 1600; d Munich, 1662). After an apprenticeship under Peter Candid in Munich, in 1615 he was employed by Maximilian I, Duke and future Elector of Bavaria. As he gained commissions for decorative work very early in his career, he is thought to have been involved in the decoration and furnishing of the Altes Schloss at Schleissheim, and particularly in the series of tapestries created by Candid for the Wittelsbachs, evidenced by a preliminary drawing for the tapestry January (before 1619; Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.). This is the only known work preceding Loth’s journey to Italy in 1619. Financed by the Duke, he travelled to Rome, where he became acquainted with the works of Caravaggio, and to Venice, where encounter with the paintings of Carlo Saraceni provided him with numerous compositional ideas. By the time he reached Mantua in 1623, he had also come into contact with engravings of the works of Rubens.
Part of the Loth family
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