“Et dixit invenisse in castello Arimini in quo habitabat dictus magnificus dominus Sigismundus Pandulfus et in eo mortuus est”. Portrait of a Lord from his post mortem Inventory

This contribution aims to offer a biographical portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta through the lens of material culture. It begins with his post mortem inventory of the objects that constituted his personal property compiled on October 13, 1468, just four days after his death on October 9 in Rimini. It will be these objects, in dialogue with other sources – written, figurative, and material – rather than the events of his life, that will reveal not only the public but also the private life of Sigismondo Malatesta.