 As a resident of the Hôtel Royal des Gobelins, Boel could practice his art without having to register with the local Guild of Saint Luke or the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.On three occasions, his name appears in the "Comptes des Bâtiments du Roi" (Accounts of the Royal Buildings), including for providing designs for the Gobelins tapestry works.Boel was closely related to two Flemish artists, who also lived at the Gobelins