Giuseppe Eskenazi

Who is Giuseppe Eskenazi?

Giuseppe Eskenazi is regarded as one of the most important oriental art dealers in the world, working at the highest end of the market, selling to museums and ambitious collectors. He owns a London gallery, which opened in 1960. In 2007 he sold a rare Cézanne watercolor of a melon, he collected, for $25.5 million. He belongs to a Sephardic Jewish family which moved from Istanbul to Milan. When he was 13 years-old, his father Isaac sent him to England to be educated. He speaks six different languages.