Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821?1912), 1902, Oil on board, 30 x 24 1/4 in. (76. 2 x 61. 5 cm), Paintings, Franz von Lenbach (German, Schrobenhausen 1836?1904 Munich), Luitpold of Bavaria was named Regent in June 1886, after his nephew, King Ludwig II, was declared mentally incompetent. During the twenty-six years of Luitpold's reign, Bavaria prospered, and Munich became a cultural capital of Europe