Penitent Saint Jerome with a Young Monk
{{Short description|Painting by Filippo Lippi}}
{{Unreferenced|date=July 2015}}
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| title=Penitent Saint Jerome with a Young Monk
| artist=Filippo Lippi
| year=c. 1439
| medium=Tempera on panel
| height_metric=53
| width_metric=37
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| city=Altenburg
| museum=Lindenau-Museum
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The Penitent Saint Jerome with a Young Monk is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi, dating to c. 1439. It is housed in the Lindenau-Museum of Altenburg, Germany. The work could be identified with the Saint Jerome Penitent of which Lippi asked payment in a letter issued to Piero de' Medici in 1439.
The painting is one of the first known example on the subject of Saint Jerome doing penance. It is a small panel, divided into two different scenes: in the upper part is Saint Jerome with the wooden cross, the stone to strike his breast and the lectern lying on the rock. In the lower part, with a chronological step, is the episode of the saint with the lion having a thorn in the paw. The unfriendly landscape is a metaphor of the hermit style of life.
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Category:Paintings by Filippo Lippi
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