brilliant impression of this renowned and extremely scarce etching
on Van Gelder laid paper
in perfect condition

Wanda Landowska (1879 - 1959) was a Polish born but later a nationalized French citizen; she was largely responsible for making the harpsichord popular in playing baroque music, in particular that of J S Bach and Couperin; she taught in Paris and Berlin besides playing concerts elsewhere in Europe and North America; she became a collector of early keyboard instruments and wrote widely on them and the music they were made for; on the Nazi invasion of France she fled to the US where she died