Self Portrait

Edgar Degas was born into the family of bankers of aristocratic extraction. His mother died in 1847, so the boy\u27s father, Auguste de Gas, and grandfather, Hilaire de Gas, were the most influential figures in his early life. Despite his own desire to paint he began to study law, but broke off his studies in 1853. He frequented Fhttps://digitalcommons.usf.edu/saskia/4310/thumbnail.jp