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Devoted followers of the pop sensation are sparking a remarkable surge in visitor numbers at a German art institution that exhibits a artwork of Shakespeare's figure Ophelia, recently featured in a tune and music video from Swift's recent record "The recent musical project".

The Hessische Landesmuseum in the heartland German town of the German city received dozens extra visitors than usual over the recent days, as enthusiasts aimed to observe the original rendition of the portrait that opens the visual for "Swift's new song".

In the music video, which has been streamed more than 65 million times on YouTube, the image comes alive, with the artist at its heart.

"We are delighted by this focus - it's very enjoyable," an institution representative commented.

The official mentioned that one household had traveled from the northern urban center of the northern hub, a five-hour drive distant, while some of the visitors were Americans from a adjacent military installation.

The official explained that followers realized the artist's artwork - believed to originate to the turn of the century - was on display when the gallery employees, observing the similarity, put an invitation on their website inviting any Taylor Swift enthusiasts to participate in a unique museum walk.

The story then spread rapidly online, the museum said.

Social media posts describing the artwork's whereabouts earned numerous of positive reactions, much greater than the hundred or so of reactions that many of its posts usually receive.

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

While not as famous than the famous artwork of the same character, the artwork also depicts a woman in a long dress shown drowned in a body of water, surrounded by flowers.

The visual is echoed on the singer's album cover, which features her incompletely underwater in water.

"We are amazed and thrilled that Taylor Swift incorporated this portrait from the museum as influence for her music video," a gallery head commented.

"This is, of course, a excellent chance to bring in visitors to the gallery who are unfamiliar with us so far."

"The Life of a Showgirl" secured the United Kingdom's greatest debut week of this year, after distributing 304,000 units in the initial the debut period.

In the US, it earned exceeding 4 million equivalent album units in the United States in its debut week, according to Billboard, beating the record established by the British singer with her release "25" in the past.

The record is Taylor Swift's 3rd project to dominate the UK album chart in the current year, following "an earlier album" in early this year and "another Swift album", when it returned to the top spot in recently.

It is furthermore the first studio album Swift has released since she announced her upcoming wedding to football player her partner in August and shared in May that she had regained ownership over her earlier recordings.