Erich Correns was born at Cologne in 1821, and after studying jurisprudence at Bonn, went to the Academy at Munich

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich was founded 1808 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts" and is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany...

, and became an
accomplished portrait painter and lithographer

Lithography

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. He died at the latter city in 1877. He was well known for the elegance of his portraits, among which those of King Maximilian of Bavaria

Maximilian II of Bavaria

Maximilian II of Bavaria was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. He was son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.-Crown Prince:...

 and Queen Maria

Marie of Prussia

Marie of Prussia was Queen of Bavaria and the mother of Kings Ludwig II and Otto of Bavaria.-Life:Born and raised in Berlin, she was the daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, a younger brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, and his wife Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg...

, his consort, are mentioned as noteworthy.