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Simon Gillespie Studio

Offley Works, 1 Pickle Mews,

London SW9 0FJ,

United Kingdom

+44 (0)20 7493 3900 info@simongillespie.com

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🎼 The Music Lesson

Painted by Jan Boeckhorst, a pupil of Rubens, this intimate scene captures a scene of musical instruction, likely symbolic of harmony, learning, and refined courtly values.

Our treatment involved surface cleaning, varnish remova

🎻 Bringing the Music Back to Life

This charming domestic scene, The Blind Fiddler by Sir David Wilkie (1785–1841), is a brilliant example of the artist’s signature style: rich in character, quietly humorous, and full of finely observed

From Ruin to Revival
This striking architectural capriccio by Canaletto arrived in our studio bearing multiple branched tears, which had left the painted surface distorted and vulnerable. Our treatment focused on structural consolidation, careful rea

A Roman view, revived 🇮🇹 The Italian villa we see here is based on the Villa Madama, built by Pope Clement VII from designs by Raphael. From the seventeenth century, this view was a favourite with artists visiting Rome. It is taken from the gardens

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Simon, Léonie, Majo, Emily & Rita are accredited conservator-restorers (ACR), a professional qualification awarded by the Institute of Conservation (ICON), the UK’s professional body of conservators