Henri Weigèle (1858 - 1927)
Henri Weigèle (1858 - 1927)
‘Il Passe Pas’ ('He Shall Not Pass') - A Fine White Marble Figural Group
FRANCE, Circa 1900
REF No. B68100
Signed ‘H. Weigele’ and titled ‘IL PASSE PAS’
dimensions
Height :33 cm | 13 in
Width :67 cm | 26³/₈ in
Depth :30 cm | 11³/₄ in
Width :67 cm | 26³/₈ in
Depth :30 cm | 11³/₄ in
description
‘Il Passepa’ - A Fine White Marble Figural Group of Venus and Cupid by Henri Weigèle.
maker
Born in Schierbach, Haut-Rhin, Henri Weigèle (1858- 1927) studied sculpture in Paris under Jules Franceschi, (himself a pupil of François Rude), and exhibited frequently at the Salon in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He won the Honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1893, followed by a third class medal in 1907 and a first class medal in 1909.
