Picasso, added art works baseborn from French villa

MARSEILLE, France – Thieves accept baseborn about 30 paintings, including a assignment by Spanish adept Pablo Picasso, from a clandestine alcazar in the south of France, badge said on Saturday.

The haul, which additionally included a painting by post-impressionist Henri Rousseau, was account about 1 actor euros ($1.43 million), a administrative antecedent said.

The annexation was apparent on Thursday by a babysitter at the abode in the Provencal apple of La Cadiere d'Azur. The buyer was on anniversary in Sweden at the time and has back alternate to France to advice the investigation, badge said.

It was the additional above art annexation in southern France in contempo days, although there was no adumbration the two crimes were linked.

A cartoon by French actor Edgar Degas was baseborn from a building on Wednesday night in the Mediterranean burghal of Marseille. Badge said the delicate work, "The Chorus," was account an estimated 800,000 euros.

(Reporting by Francois Revilla; Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Andrew Dobbie)