This is a painting by Herman Hendrich called "Windsbraut" and is one of a series of five large paintings derived from Goethe's book, Faust,Walpurgisnacht(Walpurgis night). These paintings are located in the Walpurgishalle (Walpurgis Hall) museum which was built in 1901 in the old Germanic style. It's a cool building located in the Hexentanzplatz (Witches dance floor) valley in Thale Germany, considered an old Saxon Germanic place of worship, where during the night of 30 April to 1 May rituals were held. This is considered the place where the witches congregated before the ceremony, then take to there brooms and fly to the Blocksburg to marry the devil. For a follow up to this postcard, If you remember we briefly discussed this topic from another of Deans postcard in referenace to Walpurgis night on the Blocksburg, which is located on page 22 and explains it's tradition. Thank you.
