Brooch: Atalante (Head of a Woman)

Designer Georges Braque (French, 1882 - 1963)

Artist Baron Heger de Loewenfeld

Place of OriginFrance

Date1975 (Designed 1963)

DimensionsH: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); W: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Depth: 3/8 in. (1 cm)

MediumGold and rubies

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Rita Barbour Kern

Object number

2003.37

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 34, Jewelry Gallery

Label TextCo-developer of Cubism with Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque was primarily known as a painter and printmaker. Braque worked closely with Baron Heger de Loewenfeld to translate his concepts—such as these two brooches, which echo motifs Braque repeatedly visited in his paintings and prints—into three-dimensional jewelry. Braque disliked shiny surfaces, so Loewenfeld devised a technique of applying fused gold to the plain gold surface to create a matte, granular effect.