Pieter Claesz Soutman, ca. (1580–1657)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker from Haarlem.
• Soutman was born and died in Haarlem.
• He was a contemporary of Frans Hals, Hendrick Gerritsz Pot, and Pieter Claesz.
• He must have been successful, because Samuel Ampzing mentions him in his poem about Haarlem.
• Probably during Prince Władysław Vasa's visit to Antwerp in 1624, he was recommended by Rubens as an excellent painter.
• That same year he went to Poland, where he was appointed royal court painter.
• Soutman became a respected portrait painter in Haarlem and won many commissions for group portraits.
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