Alana Collection: The Italian Exception

Published on 21 October 2019, by Anne Doridou-Heim

The very rare and exquisite Alana collection is on show at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris. An overview of Italian painting from Gothic art to the 17^th century.

Orazio Gentileschi (Pisa, 1563-London, 1639), The Annunciation, ca. 1600-1605, oil... Alana Collection: The Italian Exception

Orazio Gentileschi (Pisa, 1563-London, 1639), The Annunciation, ca. 1600-1605, oil on alabaster mounted on slate, 49.5 x 38.5 cm. Alana Collection, Newark, DE, USA.
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Rarely has an exhibition made such a splash at the venue hosting it. The decision to loan their Italian paintings to the museum by Alvaro Saieh and Ana Guzman (Alana is a contraction of their two first names) was no accident. They chose to lend 77 of their 450 paintings because of the close links between their works and the collections assembled by another exceptional…

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