Little paradise Diorama, probably depicting Saint Francis of Assisi in his cave, accompanied by a ferocious wolf, a snake and a wader. Background decorated with sand, shards of glass and mirror, shells, natural branches as well as vegetation and flowers in polychrome embossed fabric. Paper mounting. Saint figure in boiled cardboard, plaster and polychrome fabric clothing. Frame made of blackened rods, covered with black painted paper. A suspension ring on the reverse. 19th century Dimensions: 25.5 x 30 cm - Thickness: 5 cm Condition: figure detached, accidents and missing parts.