17th century Flemish
 
A painter of Italianising pastoral landscapes and genre scenes, Soolmaker was a pupil of Jan de Bruyn van Aelst (active in Antwerp between 1649 and 1666), and enrolled in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1654.
 
The close similarity with the style of the Dutch painter Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683) has led some scholars to suggest that he must have spent some time in Haarlem, possibly working under Berchem.
 
It is known that in 1665 he was in Amsterdam, where he wrote a will before departing for Italy, probably travelling via Portugal and Spain.