<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishAlipokuwa akifanya kazi hiyo hadi siku sita kabla ya kifo chake, mchongaji huyo alichonga picha ya Maria mwenye huzuni akijitahidi kumshika Yesu aliyekufa, jambo la ajabu kwa uchongaji wa enzi za kati kwa ajili ya mapigano yake ya mwisho na jiwe lisiloweza kujizuia.  <response>: 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. 