Giovanni Battista Falda

Giovanni Battista Falda (Valduggia 7 December 1643–22 August 1678, Rome) was an Italian architect, engraver, and artist.

[1] Falda was sent as a boy to Rome, to work in the studio of Bernini, and his draughtsmanship caught the eye of the publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi.

[5] The former books were expanded after Falda's death with engravings by Francesco Venturini.

His works became particularly popular with the first waves of Grand Tour participants during the latter parts of the 17th century, and Falda became a commercial success as a result.

His works appealed to tourists keen to retain a detailed and accurate representation of those parts of Rome they had visited.