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The St. Jerome in Penance 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 St. 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 St. Jerome doing penance. It is a small panel divided into two different scenes: in the upper part is St.
