Artist Albertus del Orient Browere (1814 - 1887)

The Trombonist

Date1858

DimensionsFramed: 14 1/4 × 20 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (36.2 × 51.4 × 3.5 cm) Sight: 13 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (34.9 × 50.2 cm)

Object numberN0091.1990

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Louis C. Jones

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextBrowere’s two compositions in the Fenimore’s collection are excellent examples of how he was able to interject humor into his compositions. The Trombonist, depicts an old man in a blue dressing gown playing a trombone by candlelight. He is being berated by another man in a red dressing gown and nightcap, who points to a clock that shows it is 2:30 in the morning. A woman carrying a baby and a candle, stands behind the second man, all seemingly having been awoken by the musician.

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