Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, the 'Payne'


Violin: 40765

Back: Two-piece matched maple showing small curls similar to the wood in the "Tuscan", the figure in each half slanting slightly downwards from left to right, each half showing a sap mark

Top: of close-grained spruce

Varnish: Orange-brown

Length of back: 35.4 cm

Upper bouts: 17 cm

Lower bouts: 21 cm

There are 3 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.

Provenance

Henry Benjamin Merton
1876-1878 W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1878 Miss Boothby-Heathcote
from 1894 W. E. Hill & Sons
1943-1945 Major S. V. Shea-Simonds
from 1945 and in 1946 Clarence S. Payne
Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London "closely resembles in form another example of the same year known as the Tuscan. It is in an excellent state of preservation…."

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References

  • Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
  • Die Kunst des Geigenbaues (1997), Otto Möckel, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Berlin, 1997 (illustrated)
  • Violins & Violinists, July-August, 1946, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
  • Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
  • Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
  • W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)

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