Between the dates of their activity, Martine van Straeten operated a printing house under the name Widow of Jan Mommaert.

In 1594 he printed a brief but richly illustrated account of the festive reception in Brussels of the new governor general, Archduke Ernest of Austria: Descriptio et explicatio pegmatum, arcuum et spectaculorum, quae Bruxellae Brabantiae pridie calendas februarii anno MDXCIIII exhibita fuere, sub ingressum serenissimi principis Ernesti (available on Google Books).

His printing mark was a hooded falcon with the motto Post tenebras spero lucem (After darkness I hope for light).

He produced a much reprinted compilation of amorous, pastoral and burlesque lyrics, some of them his own work, under the title Het Brabands nachtegaelken (first edition 1650).

His other poetic works are Stichtelyck ende vermakelyck proces (1658) and Den Christelycken dagh (1658).