Wood carving appears in nearly every culture on earth. From medieval European altarpieces to African masks, wood's versatility and availability made it a universal sculptural medium.
323 sculptures in this category. Click any work to see details and museum location.

Tilman Riemenschneider, 1491
Bode Museum, Berlin

, 1200
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1401
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Grinling Gibbons, 1675
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

German, 1510
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Joseph Matthias Götz, 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1323
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza

Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt, 1685
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Juan Martínez Montañés, 1620
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Joseph Matthias Götz, 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
, 1500
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
, 1800
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1400
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Joseph Matthias Götz, 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
, 1500
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Abbondio Stazio, 1720
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

, 1500
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Joseph Matthias Götz, 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Joseph Matthias Götz, 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Joseph Matthias Götz, 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1885
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ignaz Günther, 1755
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1200
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1900
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1001
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1300
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

German, 1780
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Abogunde of Ede, 1875
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Gaston Lachaise, 1923
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1245
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1699
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1250
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza

, 1505
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1250
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1900
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1300
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1323
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1175
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1323
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza

, 900
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1615
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1615
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Pedro de Mena, 1628
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
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