Antonin Idrac
Jean-Antoine-Marie "Antonin" Idrac (1849–1884) was a French sculptor. • Illustration — Mercury Inventing the Caduceus, taken from a small 1914 book photo 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.
Also recorded as Jean-Antoine-Marie Idrac · Jean Marie Antoine Idrac
Antonin Idrac
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- Born
- 1849
- Died
- 1884
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Known for
- equestrian statue of Étienne Marcel
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Jean-Antoine-Marie "Antonin" Idrac (1849–1884) was a French sculptor. • Illustration — Mercury Inventing the Caduceus, taken from a small 1914 book photo 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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• Idrac at Insecula • Idrac at RMN
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• Eve statuette at Leicester Galleries, with biography • Salammbo statue exhibited at World Columbian Exposition 1893
Antoine Idrac, l'Amour piqué, marbre au Musée d'Orsay, salon de 1882, d'après le plâtre envoyé de Rome en 1872 - hauteur environ 1,50 m - acquisition en 1883, n°
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1849
Antonin Idrac was born on 14 April 1849.
1882
equestrian statue of Étienne Marcel is dated 1882.
1884
Antonin Idrac died at 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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