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Devoted admirers of the music superstar are sparking a remarkable rise in attendance at a Germany-based art institution that exhibits a painting of the Shakespearean character Ophelia, freshly referenced in a tune and music video from Swift's latest album "The Life of a Showgirl".

The museum in Wiesbaden in the mid-region German city of Wiesbaden received dozens extra guests than normal over the weekend, as enthusiasts wished to view the actual rendition of the painting that starts the video for "The Fate of Ophelia".

In the visual piece, which has been streamed exceeding 65 countless instances on YouTube, the painting transforms, with the artist at its core.

"We are delighted by this attention - it's a lot of fun," a museum spokesperson commented.

The official shared that one family had journeyed from the northern urban center of Hamburg, a extended drive distant, while a portion of the guests were international visitors from a local army base.

The representative clarified that followers discovered the historical painting - believed to originate to the turn of the century - was there when the museum team, noticing the resemblance, posted an announcement on their online platform inviting any Swift fans to join a dedicated guided visit.

The information then became popular online, the gallery reported.

Social media posts describing the painting's presence earned thousands of engagements, far higher than the hundred or so of reactions that many of its posts usually receive.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, this female figure, his beloved, a young aristocrat from Denmark, suffers a breakdown and dies in water.

While not as famous than the famous portrait of Ophelia, the depiction also shows a woman in a long dress lying drowned in liquid, framed by flowers.

The visual is referenced on Swift's record artwork, which features her incompletely underwater in water.

"We are astonished and delighted that the artist used this artwork from the gallery as motivation for her video," a gallery head expressed.

"This is, of course, a excellent chance to bring in visitors to the museum who are unfamiliar with us previously."

"Swift's new album" achieved the United Kingdom's largest opening week of this year, after distributing 304,000 units in the initial seven days.

In the United States, it generated over 4 countless corresponding record units in the America in its opening week, according to the music chart, beating the milestone established by this artist with her album "25" in 2015.

The album is the artist's 3rd album to lead the UK rankings in the current year, following "her previous release" in February and "a prior project", when it returned to first place in April.

It is also the first full-length project Swift has put out since she revealed her planned marriage to athlete her partner in August and revealed in May that she had regained ownership over her earlier recordings.