Fired clay sculpture spans cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to Renaissance Florence. Terracotta's warmth and workability made it popular for both finished works and preparatory models.
177 sculptures in this category. Click any work to see details and museum location.

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Clodion, 1770
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -500
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 800
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -100
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -100
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Girolamo della Robbia, 1500
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Etruscan, -500
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Nok (Unknown), -500
National Museum Lagos, Lagos

, -500
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Edo, 1650
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean Antoine Houdon, 1770
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -425
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Joseph Chinard, 1805
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Clodion, 1770
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -330
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Siamese, 1301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -400
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -200
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1835
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Ife (Unknown), 1200
National Museum Lagos, Lagos

, 600
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Giovanni della Robbia, 1495
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1720
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II, 1746
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 1865
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -400
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Gilles-Lambert Godecharle, 1807
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), 150
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

French, 1770
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 801
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Giovanni Battista Caccini, 1590
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -600
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -200
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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