Salomon de Bray was the son of Simon Bray, who moved to Holland of Aelst in the Catholic south Holland. Salomon was a man of talent versatile, with interests ranging from painting to the poetry and urban planning. He married in 1625 and three of their children became artists. During the plague epidemic in Haarlem in 1664, Salomon de Bray, two of their sons and two daughters died.
