The family moved to Paris in 1668, where Pieter Boel worked in the Gobelins Manufactory and became a painter to the king.
[3] Jan Baptist Boel had moved back to Antwerp before the death of his father in 1674.
In 1675 Jan Baptist Boel registered in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a master.
[4] On 14 September 1687 Jan Baptist and his wife were recorded as seriously ill and making their wills.
In this hunting scene Jan Baptist Boel painted the dogs while Theodoor Boeyermans was responsible for the figures.