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