Why is someone drawing graffiti in a church? | Saenredam's 'Buurkerk at Utrecht' | National Gallery

What can we learn about how artists use their imagination when depicting everyday life, from this work of art? Join Justine Rinnooy Kan, our Dorset Curatorial Fellow, as she looks at some unusual behaviour that we wouldn't expect to see inside a church, depicted in Pieter Saenredam's painting.

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