"That," was the reply, "is the abate de Crucis, a scholar and Cognoscente, as you perceive, and at present attached to the household of the Papal Nuncio."
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton
The prince, much amused, decided in favor of the painter; Salvator coolly resumed his pencil, and the medical Cognoscente permitted the idea of the picture to die away, sul proprio letto.
"Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)"
Shearjashub Spooner