Pieter van Sompel (1600–1643)
• Was a Flemish engraver and printmaker
• Born in Antwerp.
• He is best known for his finely executed etchings and engravings after designs by prominent artists such as Pieter Soutman and Peter Paul Rubens.
• Van Sompel produced numerous portrait engravings, including images of members of the House of Habsburg and the imperial family.• He died in Haarlem.