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] 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.