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Much more expensive and much less fragile, the marble versions were considered supreme, while the terracottas were deemed provisional and even dispensable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Anthony Radcliffe, who has died aged 77, was a leading curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for more than 30 years, and the most gifted connoisseur of Italian bronzes and terracottas of his generation.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2011

Rustici left his own interpretations of Leonardo’s murals in the form of terracottas for which, as Vasari noted, there was considerable demand.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2010

Might not the same end have been served by the terracottas on the temple, with reference to the scene within the typanum?

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

Of course his silence does not prove that there were none; but with all the finds of acroteria, terracottas and the like, no trace of any such sculptures was discovered.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various