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Passionate supporters of the music superstar are sparking a remarkable increase in popularity at a German gallery that displays a artwork of the Shakespearean heroine Ophelia, newly reimagined in a tune and music video from Swift's new album "The recent musical project".

The Hessische Landesmuseum in the central German town of Wiesbaden welcomed hundreds extra visitors than typical over the recent days, as fans aimed to see the real rendition of the portrait that begins the music video for "The Fate of Ophelia".

In the visual piece, which has been viewed exceeding 65 million occasions on the video platform, the artwork springs to life, with Swift at its center.

"We're really enjoying this attention - it's quite exciting," an institution representative commented.

The official noted that one family had journeyed from the upper German city of the northern hub, a lengthy drive away, while some of the attendees were international visitors from a adjacent army base.

The official explained that fans learned the historical painting - believed to be created to 1900 - was present when the gallery employees, recognizing the resemblance, published an invitation on their digital site inviting any Swift fans to attend a dedicated guided visit.

The news then became popular on the internet, the institution reported.

Online content describing the artwork's whereabouts earned numerous of positive reactions, much greater than the approximately one hundred of likes that many of its content tend to get.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia, his love interest, a youthful lady from the Scandinavian country, suffers a breakdown and dies in water.

While less well-known than the renowned portrait of the same character, the portrait also portrays a lady in a long dress shown submerged in a body of water, encircled by blossoms.

The picture is invoked on Taylor Swift's release packaging, which shows her somewhat immersed in water.

"We are amazed and thrilled that the artist used this painting from the museum as influence for her visual," a museum director expressed.

"This is, of course, a great possibility to bring in individuals to the gallery who are unfamiliar with us yet."

"The Life of a Showgirl" secured the UK's greatest opening week of the current year, after moving 304,000 albums in the initial seven days.

In the US, it achieved more than 4 thousand comparable music units in the United States in its first week, according to the music chart, surpassing the achievement held by this artist with her album "25" in the past.

The record is the artist's 3rd record to dominate the UK album chart in this year, after "an earlier album" in the winter month and "The Tortured Poets Department", when it reappeared to number one in the spring month.

It is furthermore the initial studio album Swift has put out since she declared her upcoming wedding to football player her partner in recently and revealed in earlier that she had retrieved control over her back catalogue.