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Miraculous place rented to artist (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canaletto

'artist' is the definition.
(Italian painter 1697-1768)

'miraculous place rented to' is the wordplay.
'miraculous place' becomes 'Cana' (site of Jesus turning water into wine).
'rented' becomes 'let' (I've seen this before).
'cana'+'let'+'to'='CANALETTO'

(Other definitions for canaletto that I've seen before include "C 18 Italian artist" , "Master of the canvas" , "old master?" , "Eighteenth century artist associated with Venice" , "One who painted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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