Henri-Joseph Rutxhiel (1775 in Lierneux, Belgium – 1837 in Paris, France) was a Belgian sculptor. He belonged to the neoclassicism movement.

Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel
Gravure d'Adolphe Varin.
Born	1775
Died	15 September 1837  (aged 61–62)
Alma mater	French Academy in Rome

He was first shepherd, then sculptor in his late life. In 1800, he became the pupil of Jean-Antoine Houdon, then that of sculptor Philippe-Laurent Roland and the painter Jacques-Louis David. In 1809, he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a relief Dédale attachant des ailes à son fils Icare and then went to the Villa Medici.[1]

Main works

• Zéphyr enlevant Psyché 1814, group, marble, Paris, musée du Louvre[2]
• Le Roi de Rome (1811), bust, marble, château de Chimay
• Portrait d'Elfriede Clarke de Feltre, bust, marble, Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
• Buste du Duc de Berry (Duke of Berry) en costume militaire, bronze, Paris, musée du Louvre[3]

• Works
• 
  Bust of Gréty, 1804-1805.
• 
  Bust of Elfride Clarke de Feltre, 1813.
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  Zéphyr rapting Psyché, 1814.
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  Statue of Suffren, 1819.

References

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