A portrait of the Ulm patrician Helena Schermar hangs alongside a pendant of her husband, Anton, in the galleries of Museum Ulm, Ulm (see insert).The painting was probably to commemorate their wedding, which took place in 1628, with their partnership lasting for more than fifty years.The artist Andreas Schuch painted Schermar sumptuously dressed in a floral-patterned overskirt and a generous ruff.Several long loops of chain hang around her neck, and a goldand-silver girdle sits at her waist.Her hands, which are decorated with two jeweled bracelets and four rings, clasp a pair of white leather gloves whose red gauntlets are beautifully embroidered.The gloves make up only a fraction of the painting.However, they are the strongest olfactory feature of the scene.