The Würzburg court architect Balthasar Neumann, who was given overall responsibility for the enormous construction project, had an unenviable role. He had to keep many sensitive artists happy and motivated to give their best: these included the leading architects of Germany and France, such as Lucas von Hildebrandt, Maximilian von Welsch, Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand.

The Italian Antonio Bossi, a gifted decorative artist known as the ‚ornamental genius‘ of Würzburg Palace, and star sculptors such as Johann Wolfgang van der Auvera and Georg Adam Guthmann from Munich were among those who worked on the detailed interior decor. And Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, no less than the greatest fresco painter of the 18th century, was responsible for the wall paintings.