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

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. A pupil of Falguière, his works include: *''Salammbô'' / ''

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and the Serpent'', based on the novel '' Salammbô'' *''

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Stung'' *'' Mercury inventing the

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'', now in the

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*'' Étienne Marcel'', an

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

External links

French language

Idrac at InseculaIdrac at RMN

English language

''Eve'' statuette at Leicester Galleries, with biography
1849 births 1884 deaths Prix de Rome for sculpture Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub