Title: The Bee and the Hen
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1724–97
Artist:  Christian Bernhard Rode 
Artist bio: German, Berlin 1725–1797 Berlin
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in. (28.8 x 20 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Chickens, term: Bees