Overview

• The museum reported hundreds of additional visitors after the release of “The Fate of Ophelia,” many of them Swift fans.
• Director Andreas Henning confirmed the resemblance and described the attention as a chance to reach new audiences.
• Museum Wiesbaden says it invited Taylor Swift to view the painting but has not received a response.
• The video’s opening framed scene closely matches Heyser’s composition, shifting attention from earlier comparisons to Millais’s Ophelia at Tate Britain.
• The clip accrued roughly 63 million views in nine days and was listed as the top trending music video on YouTube.