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Devoted supporters of Taylor Swift are creating a significant surge in attendance at a Germany-based museum that houses a painting of Shakespeare's figure Ophelia, freshly featured in a tune and music video from Swift's new album "The Life of a Showgirl".

The cultural institution in the central Germany's town of Wiesbaden received dozens extra visitors than typical over the recent days, as fans wished to observe the real rendition of the portrait that opens the music video for "The Fate of Ophelia".

In the music video, which has been viewed over 65 thousand occasions on online, the painting comes alive, with Taylor Swift at its center.

"We truly appreciate this interest - it's very enjoyable," a museum spokesperson commented.

The spokesperson mentioned that one household had journeyed from the upper German urban center of this major city, a five-hour journey distant, while several of the attendees were U.S. citizens from a nearby U.S. base.

The representative clarified that followers discovered the artist's portrait - estimated to originate to 1900 - was on display when the institution staff, noticing the likeness, posted an invitation on their website inviting any the singer's followers to join a unique tour.

The story then spread rapidly online, the institution confirmed.

Social media posts sharing the portrait's presence received thousands of engagements, significantly more than the hundred or so of reactions that the majority of its posts typically obtain.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia, his beloved, a young lady from this nation, suffers a breakdown and dies in water.

While more obscure than the famous artwork of the same character, the artwork also depicts a lady in a long dress positioned submerged in liquid, encircled by blossoms.

The image is referenced on the singer's release packaging, which depicts her partially underwater in water.

"We are amazed and delighted that Taylor Swift incorporated this portrait from the institution as influence for her music video," a gallery head stated.

"It represents, of course, a great possibility to bring in people to the gallery who haven't discovered us so far."

"Swift's new album" secured the UK's greatest first week of this year, after distributing 304,000 copies in the first one week.

In the America, it achieved exceeding 4 million comparable record units in the America in its first week, according to industry reports, surpassing the milestone held by the British singer with her record "25" in the past.

The album is Taylor Swift's third record to lead the UK rankings in the current year, following "Lover (Live From Paris)" in the winter month and "another Swift album", when it came back to number one in April.

It is additionally the debut studio album Taylor Swift has issued since she revealed her engagement to NFL star her partner in the summer month and disclosed in earlier that she had retrieved rights over her back catalogue.