This subject was until recently misidentified as The Treacherous Sinon brought into the Camp of the Trojans. Instead, this scene, the fourth in the six-plate story of the Trojan War, captures a life-or-death moment when Cassandra, with her sixth sense, realizes that it is her long-lost brother Paris who has just won in the funeral games and that he is at risk of being killed by their brother Deiphobus. The handsome Paris, who triggered ten years of war by claiming Helen for himself, crouches defenceless in the centre of the action.
Jean Mignon is one of three etchers responsible for the greater part of the printed output of the School of Fontainebleau, executed over just a few years. He was the chief interpreter of the designs of Luca Penni, five of whose preparatory drawings for this set survive . Etching, with its lighter touch, dominated in this courtly artistic milieu rather than the more typical engraving technique.