Tobias Stranover | |
Birth Date: | 1684 |
Birth Place: | Hermannstadt, Transylvania, Habsburg Empire |
Death Date: | 1756 |
Death Place: | London |
Nationality: | German |
Tobias Stranover or Toby Stranovius (1684–1756) was a Transylvanian Saxon born painter (1684–after 1731).Stranover was born in Hermannstadt but travelled to Germany, the Netherlands, and England, where he stayed. He is registered in Hamburg, Hermannstadt, Amsterdam and London.[1] 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.