Henriette Rahusen is researcher/writer in the department of northern baroque paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and an adjunct professor of history at Georgetown University. She is the author of A Spirited Exchange: The Wine and Brandy Trade between France and the Dutch Republic in Its Atlantic Framework, 1600–1650, as well as multiple articles, exhibition brochures, and conference papers. She has been a contributing author to several collection and exhibition catalogs.