▁wide ▁feedback ▁and ▁appeared ▁at ▁the ▁Per ed v iz hn iks ' ▁second ▁ ▁ex position ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 3 . ▁P avel ▁Tre ty akov ▁wrote : ▁" I ▁liked ▁K ram sk oi ' s ▁Sav iour ▁very ▁much ... ▁that ' s ▁why ▁I ▁was ▁har ry ing ▁up ▁to ▁purchase ▁him , ▁but ▁many ▁people ▁did ▁not ▁appreciate ▁him ▁much ▁and ▁the ▁others ▁did ▁not ▁at ▁all . ▁In ▁my ▁opinion ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁best ▁painting ▁in ▁our ▁school ▁recently ; ▁maybe ▁I ▁am ▁mistaken ". ▁Crit ic ▁Vladimir ▁St as ov ▁noted ▁that ▁a ▁" s orrow ful ▁note ▁sens ibly ▁res ounds ▁in ▁the ▁general ▁phys i ological ▁array ▁of ▁the ▁work ". ▁V se vol od ▁Gar sh in ▁out lined ▁the ▁" expression ▁of ▁immense ▁moral ▁force , ▁hat red ▁against ▁evil ▁and ▁complete ▁resol uten ess ▁to ▁fight ▁it ". ▁According ▁to ▁Ivan ▁Gon char ov , ▁who ▁wrote ▁" Christ ▁in ▁the ▁Des ert . ▁A ▁P ain ting ▁of ▁Mr . ▁K ram sk oi " ▁( original ▁Russian ▁title : ▁" Х ри сто с ▁в ▁пу сты не ». ▁Кар тина ▁г . ▁Кра м ского "), ▁" the ▁entire ▁figure ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁dimin ished ▁a ▁bit ▁from ▁its ▁natural ▁size , ▁contract ed , ▁not ▁from ▁star v ation , ▁th irst ▁and ▁bad ▁weather , ▁but ▁from ▁internal , ▁in human ▁insight ▁to ▁his ▁thought ▁and ▁will ▁during ▁the ▁struggle ▁of ▁forces ▁of ▁spirit