The watercolor appears to be the canal side of San Rocco
 

Campo Behind the Scuola di San Racco, Venice
c. 1880-82
 

Campo di San Rocco
Photo

Notes:
 

Exhibitions

Sargent and Italy, 2002-2003

• See photos and description of Campo di San Rocco 
• See Overview of Venice
• See the year in review  1903

I think the canal depicted must have been interrata, that is, filled in, sometime after 1903, because I don't believe there is today a "canal side" of the Scuola.

From:  Chris Register 
<cre gis   te@ceva.net> 
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004

I was recently in Venice, and there is a canal side to the Scuola di San Rocco, and it is quite possible to see exactly where JSS must have been to paint this watercolor. All research suggests he was in a gondola at the time of the painting, but there are several windows in a building across the canal which would give the same vantage point. Anyway, as of last week, the canal was not filled in, and it is still possible to see exactly Sargent's view. Little seems to have changed.

Best,

C. Register