Most expensive painting in the world?
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Saint James the Great, the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother to St. John the Evangelist, was one of the disciples of Jesus. He is called Saint James the Great to distinguish him from the other apostles named James (St. James the Less & James the Just). Saint James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Gospel of John relates the two brothers had been followers of John the Baptist, who first introduced them to Jesus (1:29-39). The Synoptic Gospels state they were with their father by the seashore when Jesus called them to begin traveling (Mt.4:21-22, Mk.1:19-20). According to Mark, James and John were called Boanerges, or the “Sons of Thunder” (3:17). Acts of the Apostles 12:1-2 records that King Herod had James executed by sword (Ac.12:1-2).
Source from Sotheby’s auction house revealed that a Rembrandt painting of an apostle in prayer could pass the record price of nearly US$29 million for a work by the Dutch painter when it is auctioned in New York on this coming 25 Jan.
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