“ MERCIÉ, MARIUS JEAN ANTONIN (1845–⁠) , French sculptor and painter, was born in Toulouse on the 30th of October 1845. He entered the École des Beaux Arts, Paris, and studied under Falguiére and Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome. ”

“ Mercié was appointed professor of drawing and sculpture at the École des Beaux Arts, and was elected a member of the Académie Française in 1891, after being awarded the biennial prize of the institute of £800 in 1887. ”