 Old auction catalogues mentioned that Miel contributed the staffage to the landscapes of Claude Lorrain during his stay in Rome, but it has not been possible to attribute the human figures in Lorrain's works to Miel.Around 1650 he began to paint less bambocciate and to concentrate on religious paintings for Roman churches executed in a large format.There are a number of works from the 1650s in this more dignified style such as an altarpiece of "The Madonna and Child with Saints" in the Duomo di Santa Maria della Scala in Chieri dating from 1651.