At the early age of 15, he produced drawings of the manor and church at Zuilichem and the castle at Wijk bij Duurstede.

The two developed a close friendship, and De Haen wrote numerous poems in honour of Pronk.

De Haen frequently accompanied Pronk on his travels through the Dutch countryside to sketch towns and buildings.

Together with another pupil of Pronk's, Jan de Beijer, De Haen and Pronk produced over 700 drawings for Het verheerlykt Nederland ("The glorified Netherlands"), a multivolume work published in 1745-1774 documenting all the provinces of the Dutch Republic.

[2] De Haen also contributed poems to Dichtkundige Lauwerbladen, gestrooid voor zyne doorluchtige hoogheid Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, a series of books in poetry form published 1747-1750 that described recent events, particularly the appointment in 1747 of William IV, Prince of Orange as stadtholder.

[3] Abraham de Haen married the noblewoman Katherina van Hoek in Amsterdam on 21 August 1725; Pieter Langendijk composed a poem for the event.