File:Ixion in Tartarus on the Wheel 1731 (504x640).jpg

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English: Ixion is a little known figure from Greek mythology. Known as the first person to murder his kin, he was exiled, and Zeus took pity on him. But Ixion offended Zeus as was doomed to eternal punishment. He is strapped to a spinning, fiery wheel in Tartarus.
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Bernard Picart  (1673–1733)  wikidata:Q559929 s:en:Author:Bernard Picart
 
Bernard Picart
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Bernard Picard; Bernard Picart (le Romain); B. Picart
Description French copper engraver and illustrator
Date of birth/death 11 June 1673 Edit this at Wikidata 8 May 1733 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Amsterdam
Work period 1732 Edit this at Wikidata
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