Cornelis Stooter
Cornelis Leonardsz Stooter (1595, in Leiden – 1655, in Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Biography[]
According to Houbraken, who called him Egmont Cornelisz Stooter, he lived in Leiden and was still painting in 1640, along with Arnout Elsevier, Jan van Goyen, and Cornelis Liefrinck.[1]
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.[2] He married in Leiden in February 1623 and worked there the rest of his life.[2] In 1648 he became the first deacon of the new Leiden Guild of St. Luke.[2] Some portraits by him were lost in the 1929 fire of Leiden's Town Hall.[2] He is also known as Egmont Stooter, a mistake in first name deriving from Houbraken. The painter always signed briefly STO.[2]
References[]
- ^ (in Dutch) Cornelis Leonardsz Stooter Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Cornelis Leonardsz Stooter in the RKD
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