After the reunion of Bavaria and the Electorate of the Palatinate in 1777, the galleries of Mannheim, Düsseldorf and Zweibrücken were moved to Munich, in part to protect the collections during the wars which followed the French revolution.
Neue Pinakothek | Alte Pinakothek | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin | Pinakothek der Moderne | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | Der Alte | Alte Mozart-Ausgabe | ''The Siege of Cosel'', 1808, Oil on canvas, 202 x 305 cm, Neue Pinakothek | Alte Kameraden |
He assisted Peter von Cornelius in his frescoes at the Glyptothek, and was also engaged on decorative work in the colonnades of the Hofgarten, in the corridor of the Alte Pinakothek, and in the dining-hall of the Residenz.
As Governor of the Spanish Netherlands he acquired numerous Dutch and Flemish paintings for the Wittelsbach collection.
In addition to the Boston version, there are notable copies in Munich (Alte Pinakothek, c. 1483), St. Petersburg (The Hermitage, 1475–1500), and Bruges (Groeningemuseum, variously dated).