Taylor Swift fans flood German museum to see Ophelia painting echoing hit video

Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia is currently a number one hit both in Germany and the US (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans because one of its paintings bears a striking resemblance to the opening scene of the star’s current number one hit video The Fate Of Ophelia.

Hundreds of additional visitors came to the Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany over the weekend to admire the painting, with one family travelling from the northern city of Hamburg especially for the occasion, museum spokesperson Susanne Hirschmann told German news agency dpa.