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.

, -100
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Clodion (Claude Michel), 1770
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Etruscan, -500
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

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

, 400
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -500
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 600
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Giovanni della Robbia, 1520
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Edo, 1650
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -600
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -300
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Alessandro Vittoria, 1575
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Pierino da Vinci, 1540
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean Antoine Houdon, 1770
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Neapolitan, 1725
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Chupícuaro, -200
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 101
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

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

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

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -200
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -515
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -510
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Joseph Chinard, 1805
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Clodion, 1770
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Giuseppe Mazza, 1695
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean-Pierre Dantan, 1847
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, 400
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Paolo Naldini, 1665
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -330
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Siamese, 1301
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -400
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II, 1750
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

, -200
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -525
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

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

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1722
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, -1323
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 600
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Giovanni della Robbia, 1495
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1720
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

, 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
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