Pieter Claesz Soutman (1593-1601 – 16 August 1657)[1] was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker from Haarlem.

Soutman was born and died in Haarlem, where he was a contemporary of Frans Hals, Hendrick Gerritsz Pot, and Pieter Claesz, and seems to have been influenced by all three, considering the various attributions of his paintings through the centuries.

According to the RKD, he was the youngest of six children of the wealthy Catholic owner of the Haarlem beer brewery De Werelt.

His family connections enabled him to become affiliated with the Catholic Hofje Codde en Van Beresteijn.

[1] Hoe zou hier ook de naam van Soutman zyn verzwegen, Die door zyn kloek penceel, zig heeft dien staat verkregen, Zig heeft door zyne Konst die eer en roem bereit, Dat hy de Schilder is der Pruische Majesteit.