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On the reverses of the portraits depicted in each case is a triumphal chariot, drawn by white horses in his case, and unicorns in hers. The allocation speaks for itself. The chariots bear the personifications of virtues. In Federico's case these are the cardinal virtues of justice, wisdom, courage and moderation. His wife is accompanied by the theological virtues: faith, hope and love, and additionally by pudicitia, namely chastity or modesty. The chariots are driven by cupids as the servants of marital love. They are then the triumphal chariots of the masculine virtues of fame, and of the feminine virtues.
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