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.

, 1300
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1790
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Kongo (Unknown), 1900
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1840
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Johann Peter Schwanthaler, 1755
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1875
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 900
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Master of Gamensfelder, 1531
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1450
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -475
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 900
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 794
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -305
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Leonhard Kern, 1635
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Grinling Gibbons, 1675
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1401
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -400
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

José Benito Ortega, 1880
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1200
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean-François Oeben, 1761
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Veit Stoss, 1475
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Wilhelm Schimmel, 1870
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 1392
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 710
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Annibale Fontana, 1583
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1700
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1300
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Tilman Riemenschneider, 1502
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1200
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Valerio Belli, 1575
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -246
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Robert Adam, 1763
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1237
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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