 It is believed that a number of his compositions may have had their signature removed so that they could pass as works by Frans Snyders or his master Jan Fijt.Only recently a number of still lifes in museums, which were formerly given to Fijt, have been re-attributed to Pieter Boel.Boel follows to a large extent the style of his teacher Jan Fijt, in particular in his smaller compositions featuring a hare or a few birds in the open air.