Working on it until six days before his death, the sculptor chiselled a pathetic Mary struggling to hold up the dead Jesus, a strange throwback to medieval sculpture for his last tussle with recalcitrant stone.
The sculptor finished the sculpture several years before his death.
mnli hypothesis: The sculptor finished the sculpture several years before his death. premise: Working on it until six days before his death, the sculptor chiselled a pathetic Mary struggling to hold up the dead Jesus, a strange throwback to medieval sculpture for his last tussle with recalcitrant stone.