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Taylor Swift fans "invade" German museum to see painting that inspired "Ophelia's Fate"

2025-10-16 20:17:12Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Painting of Ophelia

A German museum has been unexpectedly invaded by Taylor Swift fans because one of the paintings there bears a striking resemblance to the opening scene of Swift's No. 1 hit video, "Ophelia's Fate."

Hundreds of visitors flocked to the Hessische Landesmuseum in the central German city of Wiesbaden over the weekend to admire the painting, with one family traveling from the northern city of Hamburg especially for the occasion, museum spokeswoman Susanne Hirschmann told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Among the visitors were many American families who are stationed at a US Army base in Wiesbaden.

In the original play, Ophelia, a young noblewoman of Denmark, eventually goes mad and drowns.

The oil on canvas painting by Friedrich Heyser depicts the figure of Ophelia dressed in white and surrounded by white water lilies. The exact year of creation of the painting is unknown, but experts believe it dates to around 1900.

In the opening scene of the video for the hit song "The Fate of Ophelia," Swift plays the role of Ophelia and transforms into a living painting.

The song scene shows similarities to Heyser's work, museum director Andreas Henning told German news agency dpa.

Hirschmann said the museum team recognized the resemblance earlier this month and decided to invite Swift fans for a special tour next month. After they posted an announcement about the tour on their website, news of the Ophelia painting quickly went viral online.

"We're really enjoying this attention - it's a lot of fun," Hirschmann told the AP, adding that all fans who show up for the Nov. 2 "Taylor Swift's 'Ophelia' tour at the Wiesbaden museum" dressed as the pop star or as "the tragic beauty Ophelia" will be able to attend the tour for free.

There's just one problem: the tour is fully booked, so the museum may have to add extra tours for all of Swiftie's art-obsessed fans.

Henning said the museum has already tried to contact the singer, but has so far been unsuccessful in contacting the global star. "I would love to show Taylor Swift the original painting," he said.

"We are surprised and delighted that Taylor Swift used this painting from the museum as inspiration for her video," Henning said. "This is, of course, a great opportunity to attract people to the museum who don't know us yet."

The museum said it does not know for sure whether the artwork served as the model for Swift's song, which is currently a No. 1 hit in both Germany and the United States.


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