Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel (Detail) - Tobias Stranover (c. 1724)
Tobias Stranover or Toby Stranovius (1684–1756) was a German born painter.
Stranover was born in Hermannstadt, Transylvania, in the Habsburg Empire.
He travelled to Germany, the Netherlands, and England, where he ultimately settled down.
Stranover was registered in the cities of Hamburg, Hermannstadt, Amsterdam, and London.
He became a follower of the bird painter Melchior d'Hondecoeter and presumably also Jakob Bogdány, whose daughter Elisabeth he married.
Tobias Stranover died in London.
The Background Story:
Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel (c. 1724)
Still-life with Fruit and Bird
Still-life with Flowers (1700)
Canary, Green Parrot and Other Birds in a Landscape
Macaw and Other Birds in a Landscape
A Bunch of Grapes
Peacock, Hen and Cock Pheasant in a Landscape
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