orig. Pietro Falca
born 1702, Venice
died May 8, 1785, Venice
Italian painter.
Son of a Venetian goldsmith, he studied painting in Bologna and thereafter became known for his scenes of everyday life among Venice's upper class and bourgeoisie. Popular for their charm and seeming naïveté, his paintings have a Rococo sense of the intimate and manifest the interest in social observation characteristic of the Enlightenment . He also painted landscapes and portraits.