Antique & Vintage Postcards

The soaring Gothic façade of the Ridderzaal — the Hall of Knights at the heart of the Binnenhof in The Hague — dominates the right panel of this dual-image card, its 13th-century turreted silhouette casting long shadows across the cobbled Binnenhof square, while the left panel draws the viewer into the cool, brick-vaulted arcade of the adjacent cloister walkway, arches receding in perfect perspective. The Ridderzaal, built under Count Floris V around 1280 and now the ceremonial heart of Dutch parliamentary life, is shown here in its pre-WWI austerity — no tourist crowds, just a handful of tiny figures underscoring the building's monumental scale. Published by Weenenk & Snel of The Hague, one of the leading Dutch postcard publishers of the early 20th century, this unused card carries the Dutch-language address fields ("naam / adres") and the publisher's catalogue number Gvh. 251, placing it firmly in the 1910–1920 window.