Trombone in Cremona, Italy

20th Sep 2016 · Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Cremona, Italy is often associated musically with string instruments, particularly the famous violins of the Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari families. Here is one example, however, of a Cremonese brass instrument. I recently found this cherub-trombonist image from a church in Cremona, balancing out the string player who stands opposite him.

c. 1566—Cremona, Italy: Bolognese artist Orazio Samacchini paints a cherub (putto) holding a trombone in the Church of Sant’Abbondio (see detail below; public domain) (Bandera Fig. 66).