John Jacobs Studio

We work for private and corporate clients, auction houses, galleries, other established restorers, in London and internationally.

For example: Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, MacDougall’s, Roseberys, Richard Green Gallery, Philip Mould Gallery, Paisnel Gallery, Jonathan Clark Gallery, Duncan Miller Gallery, Simon Gillespie Studio, Stuart Sanderson, Henry Gentle and William Scott Foundation among many others.

We have worked on most well-known Old Master, Modern and Popular artists for example: Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Klimt, Van Dyke, Van Gogh, Reynolds, Breughel, Hitchens, Banksy, Grayson Perry, Murakami, as well as many others and world artists.

Below is a selection of various different projects from over the years.

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Poor canvas surface before treatment shown in raking light
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Poor canvas surface before treatment shown in raking light
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Improved canvas surface after surface treatment and lining shown in raking light
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Inscription on canvas before transparent lining
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Inscription on canvas after transparent lining
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Before restoration
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After restoration
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Fire damaged blistering and bubbling
paint and canvas shown with raking light
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Improved canvas surface while preserving the original impasto after surface treatment and lining shown with raking light
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Faint pencil inscription on back of canvas before transparent lining
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Faint pencil inscription on back of canvas after transparent lining
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Before surface treatment commences inside vacuum bag under raking light
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After surface treatment inside vacuum bag under raking light
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Before and after restoration of a small sacred painting on paper. It also had multiple tears repaired.
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Restoration of unusual media: wrinkled
tissue paper with varnish glazes
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Close up of missing paper
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After adding wrinkled paper
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After adding some colour
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The finished piece
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