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Loyal admirers of the pop sensation are sparking a remarkable increase in attendance at a Germany-based gallery that houses a painting of Shakespeare's heroine Ophelia, recently referenced in a song and music video from Swift's latest album "The recent musical project".

The cultural institution in the central German city of Wiesbaden welcomed hundreds extra patrons than typical over the past weekend, as fans wished to observe the actual rendition of the portrait that begins the visual for "The Fate of Ophelia".

In the music video, which has been watched exceeding 65 countless occasions on the video platform, the image springs to life, with the artist at its center.

"We're really enjoying this interest - it's very enjoyable," a gallery official commented.

The representative noted that one household had come from the upper German location of the northern hub, a five-hour trip distant, while several of the attendees were U.S. citizens from a adjacent military installation.

The representative stated that followers discovered the historical portrait - thought to originate to 1900 - was present when the institution staff, noticing the likeness, published an announcement on their online platform encouraging any the singer's followers to attend a dedicated guided visit.

The information then became popular online, the institution reported.

Online posts sharing the artwork's whereabouts earned thousands of positive reactions, significantly more than the approximately one hundred of likes that most of its updates usually receive.

In the classic play, Ophelia, his love interest, a young lady from this nation, goes mad and submerges.

While more obscure than the renowned painting of this figure, the depiction also depicts a lady in a long dress lying floating in liquid, surrounded by floral elements.

The image is echoed on Swift's album cover, which features her partially submerged in a aquatic setting.

"We are amazed and delighted that the artist used this painting from the museum as influence for her video," a gallery head expressed.

"It represents, of course, a excellent possibility to draw visitors to the museum who don't know us yet."

"The recent release" earned the Britain's greatest opening week of this year, after moving 304,000 albums in the first one week.

In the America, it generated over 4 countless comparable album units in the U.S. in its opening week, according to industry reports, surpassing the record held by Adele with her album "25" in 2015.

The record is the artist's another album to lead the UK album chart in the current year, subsequent to "an earlier album" in February and "a prior project", when it came back to the top spot in April.

It is also the initial original album the singer has issued since she revealed her engagement to athlete the sports figure in the summer month and disclosed in earlier that she had retrieved rights over her back catalogue.