STRANOVER, Tobias
(b. 1684, Nagyszeben, d. after 1731, London)

Birds in a Landscape

1728
Oil on canvas, 147 x 188 cm
Private collection

Many of Stranover's bird pieces are set in park landscapes with classical buildings and garden features. This painting is unusual in showing a rural landscape with ploughed fields and a farmhouse. It depicts a great curassow, silver pheasant, golden pheasant and other birds.