Jan 25, 2006 - Sale 2064

Sale 2064 - Lot 248

Price Realized: $ 3,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
JOHANN CARL LOTH
(Munich 1632-1698 Venice)
Sheet of Studies with the Death of Cleopatra and Susannah and the Elders.

Red chalk with white gouache heightening on grayish tan laid paper. 285x425 mm; 111/4x163/4 inches. Inscribed "C. Loth Venetin" in ink, lower center recto. With another study of a woman in red chalk, verso.

An oil painting of Susannah and the Elders, circa 1675-1700, by Loth is in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.