This artist paints figure subjects. Her "Saint Catherine" is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; "Spring Opening the Gate to Love" was in the collection of the late Mrs. S D. Warren; "The Annunciation" is in the collection of Mrs. D. P, Kimball, Boston. Other works of hers are a triptych, the "Magdalene," "Death" and the Captive," "The Virgin of the Book," etc.
"One feels, on looking at the Madonnas, Annunciation, or any of Miss Macomber's pictures, . . . that she must have lived with and in her subject. Delicate coloring harmonizes with refined, spiritual conceptions. . . . Her most generally liked picture is her ’Madonna.' "All the figures wear a sweet, solemn sadness, illumined by immortal faith and love."—Art Interchange, April, 1899.
Magliani, Francesca. Born af Palermo in 1845, and studied painting there under a private teacher. Going later to Florence she was a pupil of Bedussi and of Gordigiani. Her early work consisted of copies from the Italian and other masters, and these were so well done that she soon began to receive orders, especially for portraits, from well-known people. Among them were G. Baccelli—the Minister of Public Instruction—King Humbert, and Queen Margherita, the latter arousing much interest when exhibited in Florence. Portraits of her mother, and of her husband, who was the Minister of Finance, were also recognized as admirable examples of portraiture. " Modesty and Vanity " is one of her genre pictures.
Mangilla, Ada. Gold medal at Ferrara for a "Bacchante," which is now in the Gallery there; gold medal
