Konrad von Friesach#
Konrad von Friesach, painter from Carinthia, worked between 1440-1460. Had a small workshop at Friesach and created altars for St. Peter am Kammersberg (Styria) and St. Lambrecht (Styria) around 1440. His main work is the gigantic Lenten veil (approx. 9 m by 9 m) for Gurk Cathedral (1458), the largest and oldest preserved Lenten veil in Carinthia, depicting 50 scenes from the Old and 49 scenes from the New Testament.
Literature#
H. Hengl, Das Gurker Fastentuch, master's thesis, Graz 1989; O. Stary and W. van der Kallen, Das Fastentuch im Dom zu Gurk, 1994.