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Loyal supporters of the music superstar are generating a significant rise in popularity at a European museum that exhibits a artwork of the Shakespearean character Ophelia, newly featured in a track and video clip from Swift's new release "The Life of a Showgirl".

The cultural institution in the central German urban center of Wiesbaden saw hundreds more guests than normal over the recent days, as fans wished to view the real rendition of the painting that opens the music video for "Swift's new song".

In the music video, which has been watched exceeding 65 million instances on YouTube, the painting transforms, with Taylor Swift at its heart.

"We truly appreciate this focus - it's very enjoyable," a gallery official remarked.

The representative shared that one household had journeyed from the upper German urban center of this major city, a extended journey away, while a portion of the attendees were international visitors from a nearby army base.

The official explained that followers realized the historical painting - estimated to originate to 1900 - was present when the museum team, noticing the resemblance, posted an notice on their digital site inviting any the singer's followers to participate in a special tour.

The story then spread rapidly across social media, the institution said.

Social media updates explaining the portrait's presence received many thousands of likes, far higher than the limited number of likes that most of its updates tend to get.

In the classic play, the character Ophelia, his beloved, a adolescent lady from the Scandinavian country, goes mad and drowns.

While less well-known than the famous portrait of the same character, the depiction also shows a female figure in a flowing gown positioned floating in a body of water, surrounded by blossoms.

The image is echoed on Taylor Swift's record artwork, which features her somewhat immersed in liquid.

"We are surprised and thrilled that Taylor Swift used this portrait from the gallery as influence for her visual," a gallery head expressed.

"This presents, of course, a excellent chance to attract visitors to the museum who don't know us yet."

"The Life of a Showgirl" achieved the United Kingdom's biggest opening week of this year, after moving 304,000 units in the opening one week.

In the US, it earned over 4 thousand comparable record units in the United States in its first week, according to industry reports, exceeding the milestone held by Adele with her album "25" in 2015.

The release is the artist's 3rd album to lead the UK album chart in this year, following "her previous release" in the winter month and "The Tortured Poets Department", when it reappeared to first place in recently.

It is additionally the initial full-length project the singer has put out since she declared her upcoming wedding to NFL star the sports figure in the summer month and disclosed in earlier that she had reclaimed ownership over her earlier recordings.