King Max I Joseph of Bavaria and his Family in Kreuth
Artist: August von Heckel (German, 1690-1770)
Date: 1867
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany
King Max I Joseph of Bavaria
King Maximilian I Joseph (1756–1825) was the last Prince-Elector (as Maximilian IV Joseph) and the first King of Bavaria. He is considered the architect of the modern Bavarian state, transforming scattered territories into a unified, efficient constitutional monarchy through vital Enlightenment-era reform.













