Giants inspiring current paintings (7)

I believe the answer is:

titians

'paintings' is the definition.
(paintings by Titian)

'giants inspiring current' is the wordplay.
'giants' becomes 'titans' ('titan' can be a synonym of 'giant').
'inspiring' indicates putting letters inside.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'titans' enclosing 'i' is 'TITIANS'.

(Another definition for titians that I've seen is " Venetian master's paintings".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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