Achille De Gas, 1868-1872, Edgar Degas, French, 1834 - 1917, 14 1/4 x 9 in. (36.2 x 22.9 cm) (image)19 3/4 x 14 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (50.17 x 36.51 x 6.03 cm) (outer frame), Thinned oil paint over graphite on paper prepared with oil, mounted on canvas, France, 19th century, Edgar Degas often used his family and friends as models. Here, his younger brother Achille poses as a dapper fl?neur, a fixture of Parisian society who watches the urban spectacle with an air of boredom and ironic detachment. Achille himself was something of a pretentious do-nothing, frequently running up debts and engaging in scandalous behavior. (He shot and wounded the husband of a former lover in front of the Paris stock exchange.).