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Painter’s daughter drawn to wise man from the east (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

degas

'painter's' is the definition.
(Edgar Degas, 1834-1917)

'daughter drawn to wise man from the east' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'drawn to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wise man' becomes 'sage' (sage is a kind of wise man).
'from the east' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (on a map from right to left).
'sage' back-to-front is 'egas'.
'd'+'egas'='DEGAS'

(Other definitions for degas that I've seen before include "Edgar ---, ballet-dancer painter" , "Edgar -, c. Nineteen-twenty Fr. painter" , "He painted dancers" , "Edgar -, Fr. artist" , "French artist known for his ballet scenes, d.1917" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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