Allusions to the artist Raphael in Crime and Punishment?

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I'm doing research on allusions to different people in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment for an essay, and I can't find what allusions he makes to the artist Raphael. I know that Dostoevsky was interested in the idea of beauty vs what's on the inside, but that alone isn't much to go on since I've found that he was directly inspired by the other people in my prompt.

Any suggestions on which passages in the book to look to, or outside sources to find information on this?
asked Jul 2, 2013 in Artists

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Crime and Punishment
Part VI
Chapter IV

Quote from the book: "Her face is like Raphael's Madonna. You know, the Sistine Madonna's face has something fantastic in it, the face of mournful religious ecstasy. Haven't you noticed it?" 

http://www.classicreader.com/book/55/35/ (the actual page it is taken from)

answered Jul 2, 2013