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Devoted followers of the pop sensation are sparking a remarkable rise in attendance at a Germany-based gallery that exhibits a painting of Shakespeare's figure Ophelia, recently featured in a song and visual production from Swift's recent album "The Life of a Showgirl".

The museum in Wiesbaden in the heartland Germany's city of the German city welcomed hundreds more visitors than usual over the weekend, as enthusiasts wished to observe the actual depiction of the artwork that starts the music video for "Swift's new song".

In the video, which has been watched exceeding 65 countless times on online, the artwork transforms, with Swift at its core.

"We truly appreciate this attention - it's a lot of fun," a gallery official commented.

The spokesperson shared that one family had journeyed from the upper German urban center of the northern hub, a extended drive away, while some of the guests were Americans from a local U.S. base.

The spokesperson clarified that fans discovered the historical portrait - thought to date to 1900 - was there when the museum team, recognizing the resemblance, published an notice on their website inviting any Taylor Swift enthusiasts to attend a dedicated tour.

The news then spread rapidly on the internet, the gallery reported.

Online updates describing the portrait's whereabouts garnered numerous of likes, far higher than the limited number of engagements that many of its posts typically obtain.

In Hamlet, Ophelia, his wife, a youthful lady from this nation, suffers a breakdown and drowns.

While not as famous than John Everett Millais's portrait of Ophelia, the portrait also depicts a lady in a elegant garment positioned drowned in liquid, surrounded by flowers.

The picture is echoed on Swift's album cover, which features her partially submerged in water.

"We are amazed and pleased that Taylor Swift used this portrait from the museum as inspiration for her video," a gallery head expressed.

"This is, of course, a great chance to draw people to the museum who haven't discovered us so far."

"The Life of a Showgirl" earned the UK's biggest first week of this year, after distributing 304,000 copies in the initial seven days.

In the US, it achieved over 4 thousand corresponding record units in the United States in its first week, according to the music chart, exceeding the record established by Adele with her album "25" in 2015.

The album is the artist's third project to lead the UK rankings in 2025, after "an earlier album" in early this year and "another Swift album", when it came back to number one in recently.

It is also the first full-length project Taylor Swift has released since she revealed her engagement to NFL star her partner in recently and disclosed in May that she had reclaimed control over her back catalogue.