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Loyal admirers of the music superstar are sparking a noticeable surge in popularity at a European art institution that houses a portrait of the Shakespearean figure Ophelia, recently featured in a song and visual production from Swift's recent record "Her newest album".

The cultural institution in the heartland Germany's town of this location received dozens extra guests than normal over the weekend, as enthusiasts aimed to observe the real depiction of the painting that opens the video for "Swift's new song".

In the video, which has been streamed exceeding 65 thousand times on the video platform, the painting springs to life, with the artist at its core.

"We are delighted by this interest - it's quite exciting," a museum spokesperson remarked.

The representative mentioned that one family had journeyed from the north German urban center of the northern hub, a lengthy trip away, while some of the guests were Americans from a local military installation.

The spokesperson explained that Swifties learned the historical painting - thought to originate to 1900 - was present when the museum team, recognizing the likeness, published an invitation on their online platform inviting any the singer's followers to participate in a dedicated guided visit.

The information then became popular on the internet, the gallery reported.

Social media content describing the artwork's location garnered thousands of positive reactions, significantly more than the limited number of reactions that many of its content tend to get.

In the classic play, the character Ophelia, his beloved, a youthful lady from Denmark, suffers a breakdown and drowns.

While less well-known than the famous painting of the same character, the depiction also portrays a lady in a long dress lying floating in water, framed by floral elements.

The image is invoked on Taylor Swift's album cover, which shows her somewhat submerged in liquid.

"We are surprised and delighted that Taylor Swift employed this portrait from the museum as motivation for her visual," a gallery head stated.

"This presents, of course, a wonderful chance to attract people to the gallery who haven't discovered us previously."

"The recent release" earned the United Kingdom's largest debut week of the current year, after distributing 304,000 units in the initial one week.

In the America, it generated exceeding 4 thousand comparable record units in the America in its first week, according to industry reports, surpassing the record set by this artist with her release "25" in the past.

The release is Swift's 3rd record to dominate the UK rankings in this year, following "an earlier album" in the winter month and "The Tortured Poets Department", when it returned to number one in the spring month.

It is furthermore the initial full-length project the singer has released since she revealed her planned marriage to NFL star her partner in August and revealed in earlier that she had regained ownership over her earlier recordings.