Salamnbo

"Antonin" Idrac travelled to Paris aged 17 to work in the studios at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.

A talented sculptor he won the First Prize of Rome in 1873, and exhibited Salammbo in plaster 

in 1881. It was carved in marble the following year and later cast in bronze.

 Museums:  

                       Lille:  L'Amour Pique

                       Paris, Musee d'Orsay: Mecure Inventant la Caducee

                       Musee de Toulouse:  Salammbo