Musical instrument with a broken string in Holbein's The Ambassadors (4)

I believe the answer is:

lute

(Other definitions for lute that I've seen before include "Old plucked instrument" , "Plucked, pear-shaped instrument" , "Ancient stringed instrument" , "clay" , "Old guitar-like instrument played by minstrels" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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