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Devoted admirers of the music superstar are sparking a remarkable rise in attendance at a European art institution that exhibits a painting of Shakespeare's heroine Ophelia, recently featured in a song and video clip from Swift's recent release "The recent musical project".

The cultural institution in the heartland Germany's town of this location welcomed dozens additional guests than typical over the recent days, as Swifties wished to observe the original rendition of the painting that begins the video for "the recent track".

In the music video, which has been viewed over 65 thousand occasions on online, the image springs to life, with Taylor Swift at its heart.

"We are delighted by this focus - it's a lot of fun," an institution representative stated.

The official noted that one group had traveled from the north German city of this major city, a extended drive distant, while several of the visitors were international visitors from a local U.S. base.

The official stated that fans learned the historical portrait - estimated to be created to 1900 - was present when the museum team, recognizing the similarity, posted an invitation on their digital site inviting any Swift fans to attend a unique tour.

The information then spread rapidly across social media, the museum confirmed.

Digital content sharing the artwork's presence earned many thousands of likes, far higher than the hundred or so of engagements that most of its content typically obtain.

In the classic play, Ophelia, his wife, a youthful lady from the Scandinavian country, becomes insane and dies in water.

While more obscure than John Everett Millais's portrait of Ophelia, the artwork also portrays a woman in a flowing gown shown floating in liquid, surrounded by blossoms.

The image is echoed on Swift's album cover, which shows her partially underwater in liquid.

"We are astonished and delighted that Taylor Swift employed this portrait from the institution as motivation for her video," a museum director stated.

"This presents, of course, a wonderful possibility to draw visitors to the museum who are unfamiliar with us so far."

"The Life of a Showgirl" achieved the United Kingdom's greatest opening week of this year, after selling 304,000 albums in the first seven days.

In the US, it achieved more than 4 thousand comparable music units in the U.S. in its opening week, according to Billboard, beating the achievement set by the British singer with her record "25" in 2015.

The record is the artist's third project to top the UK rankings in this year, subsequent to "Lover (Live From Paris)" in the winter month and "another Swift album", when it reappeared to first place in the spring month.

It is furthermore the initial full-length project the singer has put out since she revealed her engagement to football player her partner in August and disclosed in earlier that she had reclaimed control over her back catalogue.