Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst's 1924 design for a stained-glass window in Utrecht’s Hoofdpostkantoor, the monumental post office on the Neude. The building itself was completed in the same year and was designed by Joseph Crouwel Jr. in the Amsterdam School style; its decorative programme included sculpture, ornament, and stained glass as part of a richly designed public interior. This design, in pencil, coloured chalk, pastel, and black brushwork on cardboard shows Mercury, the classical messenger god, moving over the earth through day, night, morning, and evening.

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.

Rijksmuseum collection: RP-T-1979-237