Tobias Stranover

A muscovy duck, a red ibis and other fowl in a landscape

Lot Closed

January 28, 03:57 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Tobias Stranover

Hermannstadt 1684 - after 1724 London

A muscovy duck, a red ibis and other fowl in a landscape

oil on canvas

Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Nobleman"), London, Sotheby's, 13 December 2001, lot 62;

There acquired.

Born in Transylvania and of German descent, Tobias Stranover traveled between Germany, the Netherlands, and England, where he eventually settled and became one of the leading emigré decorative painters. He drew inspiration from Melchior d'Hondecoeter and in London he was a pupil of Jakob Bogdány, whose daughter Elisabeth he married.

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