Since he found a market for ivory work in Antwerp, he stayed there and when later his son showed a talent for drawing, he apprenticed him to Laurentius Frank, a cousin of Abraham Genoels.

Genoels claimed that the young Millet had a remarkable memory for detail, and could make copies of any artwork quickly and accurately without needing to turn his head towards the subject.

Though he enjoyed success on his travels through France, England, and Holland, he tended to spend more than he earned, a practise which Houbraken disapproved of.

He suffered from a sudden high fever which caused him to go insane and died shortly thereafter at the age of 36.

[3] His son, also named Jean François Millet (1666–1723), and also called Francisque, was born in Paris, and was made a member of the Academy of Painting in 1709.