Painter of heavenly figure (7)

I believe the answer is:

raphael

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'painter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for raphael that I've seen before include "Archangel - artist" , "Fifteenth to sixteenth century Italian painter" , "Italian Renaissance painter" , "responsible for many religious works" , "Painter of the Sistine Madonna" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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