La Baronne de Milot is a layered portrait, the lower part of the face originates from a vintage colonial-era photograph taken in West Africa by an unknown photographer, while the mask is an Obamba mask from Gabon.The hairstyle is borrowed from a portrait of a Spanish infanta by Diego Velázquez; the costume is taken from Alessandro Allori’s portrait of Isabella de’ Medici, The patterned background is formed from small Vodou figures, drawn from an iron sculpture by renowned Haitian sculptor Georges Liautaud.