Giovanni Battista Chiappe

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Giovanni Battista Chiappe (1723 - 1765) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Milan and Genoa. He was born in Novi, Italy and trained in Rome with a Genovese, Giuseppe Paravagna. In Alessandria, he painted a canvas of San Iganzio for the church of the same name.

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