### Clue: Violet hardly started, so Titian splashed around — quite an ordeal (10)
### Answer: VISITATION 
 ### Explanation: Definition: quite an ordeal
 **The 1st 2 letters of**(… hardly started) "Violet" + **anagram of**(… splashed around) SO TITIAN.
Comical imagery of Titian desperately splashing paint about and hardly progressing with his portrayal of a flower or a lady.