Cornelis Leonardsz Stooter (1595, in

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landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who called him Egmont Cornelisz Stooter, he lived in Leiden and was still painting in 1640, along with

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.Cornelis Leonardsz Stooter Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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According to the RKD he was the father of Leonard Cornelisz Stooter and though known today for seascapes, his subjects were diverse, including a flower piece and various genre scenes.Cornelis Leonardsz Stooter
in the RKD He married in Leiden in February 1623 and worked there the rest of his life. In 1648 he became the first deacon of the new

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. Some portraits by him were lost in the 1929 fire of Leiden's Town Hall. He is also known as Egmont Stooter, a mistake in first name deriving from Houbraken. The painter always signed briefly STO.

References

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