Newsnote: “Purchase of the Week: The Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University 5/24/2014”

The Vincentiana Collection at the Special Collections and Archives department of DePaul University’s Richardson Library is the world’s largest Vincentian  library, archives, and special collections.  This week’s featured purchase is a oil painting of Vincent de Paul holding a foundling.  The artist is unknown.  The estimated dating for the painting is 19th century.  The work was cleaned and restored by Faye Wrubel the conservator at the Art Institute of Chicago.