Nikolay Gogol. The night before Christmas (№ 461098)

...on the wall to the side, as you enter the church, Vakula painted a devil in hell, so disgusting that everyone spat when they passed by; and the women, as soon as the child burst into tears in their arms, brought him to the picture and said: “It’s a big deal, it’s like it’s painted!” - and the child, holding back his tears, glanced sideways at the picture and huddled close to his mother’s chest.