Maccari was a student of the "institute of the fine arts" in Siena together with Tito Sarrocchi and later worked in the atelier of Luigi Mussini in Florence.
Maccari was a student of the Institute of the Fine Arts in Siena together with Tito Sarrocchi, working in sculpture and helping complete the Monumento Pianigiani in Siena. He later worked in the atelier of Luigi Mussini in Florence.