Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Niemand kann zween Herren dienen!" ["No one can serve two masters!"]
1890
charcoal on vellum paper, on an old mount
34,9 x 26,1 cm
signed and dated to the right of the image: "fidus. 90."
titled below right "Niemand kann zween Herren dienen!" -- from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 6:24)
The Daulton Collection
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M./Schönstadt (stamped "Eugen Lucius Schönstadt" on the back of the collector's box).
Publication History:
published in the Sphinx magazine, circa 1892
Janos Frecot, Johann Friedrich Geist, Diethart Kerbs, Fidus 1868-1949. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen (München: 1972), pg. 310.
