Silvestro Chiesa

Silvestro Chiesa (1623-1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was a pupil of Luciano Borzone. Died as a young man during the plague in 1657.

References

• Soprani, Raffaello (1768). Carlo Giuseppe Ratti (ed.). Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi. Stamperia Casamara in Genoa, dalle Cinque Lampadi, con licenza de Superiori; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Feb 2, 2007. pp. 259–260.