This 1879 drawing in black pen and coloured brushwork/watercolour shows an unbuilt proposal for the interior of the southern bastion of Utrecht’s former Vredenburg Castle, restored and adapted as a market space. Vredenburg was not a romantic castle, but a sixteenth-century fortress built on the orders of Charles V to control the city after Utrecht came under Habsburg rule. The castle was largely demolished after the Dutch Revolt, but its remains continued to shape the Vredenburg area for centuries. 

This reproduction is part of our range of art postcards and prints from Utrecht. It is printed on glossy high-quality art card made sustainably from agricultural waste fibres. The format is A6, 105 × 148 mm, making it suitable for sending as well as framing.

Het Utrechts Archief collection: 214381