"It was fortunate for Titian that the theme suggested to him by others fitted in with what was then already occupying him in his art. In the "Assumption" he had been painting children's figures for the first time in great numbers and had felt inspired by the charm of their undeveloped forms and innocent unconscious movements. Now it was open to him, in fact it was imposed on him by the task set him, to represent children in active motion. Primitive art may succeed in reproducing the seriousness of manhood, it is reserved for a riper period to present the roguish loveliness of childhood."