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Devoted supporters of the pop sensation are generating a remarkable rise in attendance at a European gallery that exhibits a painting of the Shakespearean figure Ophelia, recently reimagined in a tune and video clip from Swift's new album "Her newest album".

The Hessische Landesmuseum in the central Germany's town of the German city received numerous extra patrons than normal over the recent days, as enthusiasts wished to observe the real rendition of the painting that starts the visual for "the recent track".

In the music video, which has been watched over 65 million occasions on YouTube, the painting comes alive, with Swift at its center.

"We truly appreciate this interest - it's a lot of fun," an institution representative commented.

The representative shared that one household had traveled from the north German city of Hamburg, a extended drive from there, while some of the attendees were Americans from a local military installation.

The official explained that fans learned the Friedrich Heyser portrait - estimated to date to 1900 - was present when the gallery employees, observing the likeness, put an invitation on their website welcoming any Taylor Swift enthusiasts to participate in a dedicated guided visit.

The story then became popular online, the gallery reported.

Digital updates describing the artwork's presence garnered thousands of positive reactions, much greater than the approximately one hundred of reactions that most of its content usually receive.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the character Ophelia, his beloved, a young noblewoman from Denmark, becomes insane and submerges.

While not as famous than the famous portrait of this figure, the depiction also shows a female figure in a elegant garment shown submerged in liquid, framed by flowers.

The visual is echoed on Taylor Swift's record artwork, which features her somewhat immersed in a aquatic setting.

"We are surprised and thrilled that the artist employed this portrait from the gallery as influence for her music video," a museum director commented.

"It represents, of course, a excellent chance to bring in visitors to the museum who are unfamiliar with us yet."

"The recent release" achieved the UK's greatest opening week of this year, after distributing 304,000 albums in the first one week.

In the US, it generated exceeding 4 countless equivalent record units in the America in its opening week, according to Billboard, exceeding the record held by this artist with her record "25" in that year.

The album is Taylor Swift's another project to lead the UK album chart in this year, subsequent to "Lover (Live From Paris)" in the winter month and "The Tortured Poets Department", when it returned to the top spot in the spring month.

It is also the initial original album Swift has issued since she revealed her planned marriage to football player her partner in the summer month and disclosed in the spring that she had regained ownership over her previous work.