# St Eligius in His Workshop \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CHRISTUS, Petrus]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood ## Commentary There is also a convex circular mirror on the right-hand side of St Eligius's table, in an obvious allusion to the Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyk. In it we can see the reflection of a square, with a couple of passers-by. The function of this mirror, however, is very different from that in Van Eyck's painting. Whereas, on one level, it can be interpreted as a symbol of vanity or a protective talisman, it is above all an anti-theft device, which the goldsmith would have used to keep an eye on his clients, just as in present-day bank or jewellers. ## Related artworks - [A Donator]() - [Annunciation and Nativity]() - [Annunciation]() - [Death of the Virgin]() - [Isabel of Portugal with St Elizabeth]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Madonna]() - [Nativity]() - [Portrait of a Man with a Falcon]() - [Portrait of a Young Girl]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()