Antonin Idrac

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

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