On 21 November, the Académie des Beaux-Arts has awarded CODART-member Blaise Ducos, curator of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, with the Prix Richtenberg for his book Frans Pourbus le Jeune. 1569-1622: Le portrait d’apparat à l’aube du Grand Siècle: Entre Habsbourg, Médicis et Bourbons. The Académie des Beaux-Arts, which is part of the Institut de France, each year holds a solemn session during which prizes are awarded. The event took place under Le Vau’s cupola, just opposite the Louvre, on the other bank of the Seine.