Antonin Idrac

French sculptor
Mercury Inventing the Caduceus, taken from a small 1914 book photo

Jean-Antoine-Marie "Antonin" Idrac (1849–1884) was a French sculptor.

A pupil of Falguière, his works include:

  • Salammbô / Eve and the Serpent, based on the novel Salammbô
  • Cupid Stung
  • Mercury inventing the Caduceus, now in the Musée d'Orsay
  • Étienne Marcel, an equestrian statue in Paris.

His work has been cited as an influence on the sculpture of Lord Leighton.

External links

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French language

  • Idrac at Insecula
  • Idrac at RMN

English language

  • Eve statuette at Leicester Galleries, with biography
  • Salammbo statue exhibited at World Columbian Exposition 1893
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