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“About one in a million,” he replies.
As head of his own conservation studio and as the resident conservation expert on BBC Four’s Britain’s Lost Masterpieces, Simon spends much of his days up close - forensically so - to artworks created by the world’s greatest artists including Rembrandt, Picasso and Rubens, as well by contemporary greats such as Banksy.
There are three branches to what Simon does: conservation, restoration, and helping with authentication and attribution. All of it is painstaking and meticulous work which lets him get to know the person who painted it, as well as the life of a painting.