This early twentieth-century postcard shows the Dom Tower in Utrecht, with scaffolding visible against the church exterior. The Rijksmuseum identifies the work as an anonymous postcard made in Utrecht in 1907, printed and published by Trenkler & Co. in Leipzig. Its technique combines autotype with colour lithography, a photomechanical process that gives the image the character of a printed historic postcard rather than a photographic print. The scaffolding visible in the image likely belongs to the long restoration that began in 1901 and continued into the early 1930s.

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-F-00-15131