The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is presenting a special Valentine’s Day tour, available by reservation, that will also be repeated on February 16th.  A brief article in Corriere della Sera explains that the tour presents art works dedicated to the theme of love.  Included are Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus,” various portraits of Medicis and the sculpture of Eros and Psyche.  Strangely, so is Artemisia Gentileschi’s extremely gruesome depiction of Judith beheading Holofernes:  while hardly romantic, this is supposed to highlight the possible violent side of love.  Hmm…