A design for a decorative frieze of musical instruments with two putti playing amongst them. Presumably a design for a monochrome frieze to be painted at the top of a wall; compare the similar friezes in Palazzo Giuliari, Verona, now the seat of the university (see D. DeGrazia Bohlin, Master Drawings, 1982, pp. 347-69). A companion study, of three putti amongst arms and armour, is at RCIN 905016. 

The Royal Collection holds forty-seven sheets by Farinati and his followers. It is probable that most, if not all, were acquired during the reign of Charles II. A list of albums at Kensington Palace in 1727 includes one volume of drawings by Farinati and his followers, in which this sheet was housed. The album contained RCINs 904973 – 905026, with other sheets by Farinati housed in a miscellaneous album. These volumes were subsequently broken up and the drawings were mounted separately.