02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, Antoine Bouvard and Slobodan Paunovic’s Il Rio del Lovo, with footnotes. #109
May 2, 2023
Venice Il Rio del Lovo
Oil on canvas
26 x 19–3/4 inches (66.0 x 50.2 cm)
Private collection
Rio del Lovo is a canal in Venice in the sestiere of San Marco .
This rio is a very popular route for gondoliers. It connects the confluence of the rio dei Ferali , rio dei Bareteri and rio dei Scoacamini in a northwesterly direction with the Grand Canal.
The rio first passes under the ponte de le Balote on the eponymous street.
Further to the northwest, the rio passes under the ponte del Lovo , connecting the calle of the same name to the calle del Teatro , a reference to theCarlo-Goldoni theatre , nearby…