Eeuwige Silhouetten

At The Rijksmuseum reimagined, portraits emerge from gilded frames one by one. Two-dimensional yet impossibly alive, living as eternal silhouettes. Spilling like pigment across walls in the Gallery of Honour, Rembrandt's stern captains, Vermeer’s luminous women, and Leyster’s roguish cavaliers, step forth flat yet elegantly cut from canvas itself. They circle towering sculptures and timeless paintings while nodding in quiet connoisseurship, as established portrait sitters turn into eternal viewers. They are both audience and exhibit, forever regarding art that perennially regards them.

Over 230 works of art from The Rijksmuseum’s collection were referenced to create a 3d sculptural collage comprised solely of 2d images generated through Nano banana. 74 portraits by Dutch masters, 54 sculptures, 36 paintings, 31 ceramics, and roughly 50 architectural elements were generated and edited by hand to create the animation.

The original soundtrack was composed with AI assistance and sound mixed by the artist inspired by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s “Fantasia Cromatica”. This piece is part of the ongoing series “DeepCuts” -3D collages with depth inspired by songs. “Eeuwige Silhouetten” is awarded honorable mention for the Google Gemini Art Remix contest and selected to exhibit in person at The Rijksmuseum and Gallery Mina in Amsterdam in March 2026. A high distinction made possible through ArtCrush Gallery.

“Eeuwige Silhouetten”, 2026, spatially collaged digital animation by Rebecca Rose. 1/1 in three aspect ratios: 16:9 dimensions: 1920x1080, 1:1 dimensions: 1080x1080, and 9:16 dimensions 1080x1920, 128.6mb, 1080p, duration: 1:08. Includes different aspect ratios to accommodate digital displays, made possible through Transient Labs using a TL7160 contract.