Tobias Stranover

Tobias Stranover
Born	1684 Hermannstadt, Transylvania, Habsburg Empire
Died	1756 London
Nationality	German

Tobias Stranover or Toby Stranovius (1684–1756) was a Transylvanian Saxon born painter (1684–after 1731).

Still life with fruit and birds

Stranover was born in Hermannstadt but travelled to the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, and England, where he stayed. He is registered in 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.

Stranover died in London.

References

• 14 artworks by or after Tobias Stranover at the Art UK site